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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

This report was written by Zama Coursen-Neff, counsel to the Children Rights Division, and John Sifton, researcher in the Asia Division. It is based on their research in Afghanistan in September and October 2002, and additional research by a consultant to Human Rights Watch in November and December. A. Widney Brown, acting deputy director of the Asia Division, and Ian Gorvin, consultant to the Program Office, edited the report. James Ross, senior legal advisor, provided legal review. LaShawn Jefferson, Lois Whitman, and Saman Zia-Zarifi also reviewed the report and provided helpful comments. Farhat Bokhari, Ami Evangelista, and Saman Zia-Zarifi provided research assistance. Production assistance was provided by Ami Evangelista, Fitzroy Hepkins, Jonathan Horowitz, Veronica Matushaj, and Patrick Minges.

Human Rights Watch also thanks Ahmed Rashid, Patricia Gossman, and Barnett Rubin for their ongoing assistance. We are deeply grateful to our local consultant Habib Rahiab, and to the scores of people in Afghanistan who have assisted Human Rights Watch but who cannot be named here because of concerns for their safety. That these sources cannot be named is an unfortunate indicator of the atmosphere of fear and repression in Herat and throughout Afghanistan.

Our research in Afghanistan requires significant financial resources. Human Rights Watch would like to express its appreciation to the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Stichting Doen, the Carnegie Corporation of New York, and the Ford Foundation for their generous contributions for our emergency work in Afghanistan.

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Its Asia division was established in 1985 to monitor and promote the observance of internationally recognized human rights in Asia. Brad Adams is the Executive Director; Mike Jendrzejczyk is the Washington Director; Widney Brown is the Acting Deputy Director; Smita Narula, Sara Colm and
Mickey Spiegel are Senior Researchers; Meg Davis and Charmain Mohamed are Researchers; Liz Weiss and Ami Evangelista are associates. Joanne Leedom-Ackerman is Acting Chairperson of the advisory committee and Orville Schell is Vice-Chair.

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