BBC News Profile: Dr Abdullah Abdullah
A portrait of the prominent Northern Alliance spokesmen.

BBC News Profile: Younis Qanooni
A portrait.

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.