| 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. (June 18, 2002) http://www.guardian.co.uk/afghanistan/story/0,1284,739482,00.html |
| Interview with Abdullah Abdullah Afghanistan's caretaker foreign minister describes the threats and challenges facing the country's interim administration. (February 8, 2002) http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/qanda/articles/eav020802.shtml |
| 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. http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=19773&SelectRegion=Central_Asia&SelectCountry=AFGHANISTAN |
| The woman who stood up to the Taliban Afghanistan's new health minister Dr Suhaila Siddiqi talks to Suzanne Goldenberg. http://www.guardian.co.uk/afghanistan/story/0,1284,638407,00.html |
| Yunus Qanooni: Ready to Open Up Cabinet Position Interview with the Afghan Interior Minister, by EurasiaNet. (May 22, 2002) http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/qanda/articles/eav052202.shtml |