| Adopting from Afghanistan
last updated 29 Apr 2008 Adoption in Afghanistan (State Dept) - http://travel.state.gov/family/adoption_afghanistan.html “The Afghan judicial system, and Afghan family law, are based on a strict interpretation of Islamic Shari''a law. Thus, there is no adoption under Afghan law, only guardianship, which the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services in the Department of Homeland Security and the Board of Immigration Appeals have deemed insufficient for the purposes of immigration under the Immigration and Nationality Act” Adoption and Islam Islam and Adoption (Links) - http://www.myadoptionlinks.com/Africa Islamic Voice (explains why Muslim countries don’t allow formal adoption of children) - http://www.islamicvoice.com Government Links Consular Information Sheet - http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_1056.html Embassy of Afghanistan, Washington DC - http://www.embassyofafghanistan.org/ US Embassy Kabul - http://usembassy.state.gov/afghanistan/ Charitable Adopt-A-Minefield (program to adopt mine-clearing teams in Afghanistan) - http://www.landmines.org America's Fund for Afghan Children - http://www.whitehouse.gov/afac Afghan Renascent Youth Association - http://www.aryahelps.org/projects_blankets.html Air Serv International (providing services to humanitarian organizations working overseas) - http://www.airserv.org Assistance Afghanistan: (info about Aid Organizations in Afghanistan) - http//:www.pcpafg.org Child Reach USA - http://www.planusa.org/contentmgr/showdetails.php/id/169 Help Afghanistan.org - http://www.helpafghanistan.org/ Help the Afghan Children, Inc - http://www.helptheafghanchildren.org Humanitarian Assistance for Women and Children of Afghanistan - www.hawca.org IHCenter/Orphanage Assistance Program - http://www.ihcenter.org/groups/oap.html Mercury Hope - http://www.mercuryhope.com/ Culture Afghana (info site for Afghans and nonAfghans) - http://www.afghana.com Afghans for Afghans - www.afghansforafghans.org Afghan Network - http://www.afghan-network.net Afghanistan after the war (Cartoon) -http://www.ramisalman.com/Funny/McAfghan.html Afghanistan Online: (everything from sports to stamps) - http://www.afghan-web.com Afgha.com: (great site for everything Afghan) - http://www.afgha.com Afghanistan Recipes - http://asiarecipe.com/afghanistan.html CIA Factbook - http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/af.html History of Afghanistan - http://www.afghan.net/afghanistan/sites Muslim Children's Books - http://www.rukhsanakhan.com Revolutionary Association of the Women from Afghanistan - http://www.rawa.org/ Support of Women in Afghanistan - http://perso.wanadoo.fr/negar/anglais/cadre.htm U. S. State Dept Focus on Afghanistan - http://www.usinfo.state.gov/regional/nea/sasia/afghan Links of Interest Rukhsana Khan (author, proceeds from her books go to support two orphanges in Kabul - website is up to date!) http://www.rukhsanakhan.com/orphanafghan.htm Maps Detailed Map of Afghanistan (for sale - $8) - http://afghanmap.com/ Maps of Afghanistan (extensive list) - http://www.afghana.com/Map/Maps.htm Maps of Afghanistan Provinces - http://www.afghana.com/GetLocal/Afghanistan/Provinces.htm News Daily News in Afghanistan – http://www.afghandaily.com Orphanages "(There are) 27 government sponsored orphanages... Presently these orphanages care for over 10,000 children." http://www.afghanorphans.org. Allaudin Center Orphanage (Kabul) - http://acr.hrschool.org/Newsletter/weeklynewsletterv2n2.htm Allahuddin Orphanage - http://www.hq.usace.army.mil/cepa/pubs/jun04/story14.htm Hadia Herat Orphanage - http://www.sanayee.org/orphanages.htm House of Flowers orphanage – http://wwww.mepoonline.org Orphanage Allahuddin in Kabul - http://www.cuddlebear.org/webEN/orphanage.htm Orphanage Tahia-i-Maskan - http://www.cuddlebear.org/webEN/orphanage.htm Rawa Orphanage (Pictures) - http://www.rawa.org/orphanage.htm Sitara Orphanage - http://www.femaid.org/orpha.html Tahia Maskan Orphanage (Kabul) Thahya-I-Maskan Orphanage in Kabul (photo) - http://www.pbase.com/image/12603601 Watan Orphanage - http://www.orphanage.org/asia/afghanistan/watan/ Photos Afghanistan Online (photo gallery) - http://www.afghan-web.com/gallery/ Afghana Photos - http://www.afghana.com/Photographs/Photos.htm Luke Powell Photos - http://www.lukepowell.com/ Visible Earth Images (satellite photos of Afghanistan) - http://www.classbrain.com/art_cr/publish/afghanistan_visible_earth.shtml Sponsor an orphan Children of War - http://www.thechildrenofwar.org/ Weather and Time Time in Kabul - http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=113 Weather like today in Kabul – http://www.weather.com/outlook/travel/today/AFXX0003 Comments, questions, adding links - e-mail me (mgummere @ yahoo.com) |
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