Dostum, Rashid
Abdul Rashid Dostum Comments on Regional Violence, BBC News Profile: General Rashid Dostum, People in Focus: General Abdul Rashid Dostum
Karzai, Hamid
"I Would Rather Fail and Be Honorable", Hamid Karzai Moves from Lightweight to Heavyweight, Hamid Karzai: King's powerful Pashtun ally, Heir Apparent, Wounded Army Captain Details Offensive Against Tal
Massoud, Ahmed Shah
Assassination, Afgha.com - Who Is Who: Ahmad Shah Massoud, Ahmad Shaah Massoud, Ahmad Shah Massoud, Ahmad Shah Massoud (01.09.1953 - 09.09.2001), BBC News: Afghan rebel visit sparks French row, BBC News: Analysis: Masood's regional allies, BBC News: Europe fetes anti-Taleban leader, BBC News: France welcomes Afghan rebel, BBC News: Profile: The Lion of Panjshir, CNN: How much did Afghan leader know?
Qadir, Abdul
A Powerful Figure In and Out of Afghanistan, Abdul Qadir, Former Anti-Taliban Commander Haji Abdul Qadir Str
After the Taleban
A guide from the BBC on key figures in Afghan politics following the downfall of the Taliban.
BBC News Profile: Dr Abdullah Abdullah
A portrait of the prominent Northern Alliance spokesmen.
Female Minister "is Afghan Rushdie"
Powerful Islamic fundamentalists have launched a fierce attack on Sima Samar, the minister of women's affairs. The Guardian, UK.
Interview with Abdullah Abdullah
Afghanistan's caretaker foreign minister describes the threats and challenges facing the country's interim administration.
Interview with Sima Samar
While some men were beginning to wake up to women's rights there remains a great deal of work to be done, states the Minister of Women's Affairs.
Sima Samar
A BBC portrait of Dr Sima Samar, Afghanistan's new deputy premier.
Suhaila Seddiqi
BBC portrait of Suhaila Seddiqi, health minister in Afghanistan's new executive council.
The woman who stood up to the Taliban
Afghanistan's new health minister Dr Suhaila Siddiqi talks to Suzanne Goldenberg.
Yunus Qanooni: Ready to Open Up Cabinet Position
Interview with the Afghan Interior Minister, by EurasiaNet.