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Title	Afghanistan: A group called "Ayenda Sazaan," which reportedly fights against the Taliban and fundamentalist groups; its leaders and date of creation; its goals and main activities; whether it has committed human rights abuses (2000 - March 2007)
Publisher	Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Country	Afghanistan
Publication Date	16 March 2007
Citation / Document Symbol	AFG102469.E
Cite as	Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Afghanistan: A group called "Ayenda Sazaan," which reportedly fights against the Taliban and fundamentalist groups; its leaders and date of creation; its goals and main activities; whether it has committed human rights abuses (2000 - March 2007), 16 March 2007, AFG102469.E, available at: http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/47d6543b0.html [accessed 5 June 2012]
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Afghanistan: A group called "Ayenda Sazaan," which reportedly fights against the Taliban and fundamentalist groups; its leaders and date of creation; its goals and main activities; whether it has committed human rights abuses (2000 - March 2007)

Information on a group called "Ayenda Sazaan" could not be found among the sources consulted by the Research Directorate.

This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Research Directorate within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim for refugee protection. Please find below the list of sources consulted in researching this Information Request.

Additional Sources Consulted

Oral sources: Three oral sources could not provide the information requested.

Publications consulted: Extremist Groups: An International Compilation of Terrorist Organizations, Violent Political Groups and Issue-Oriented Militant Movements; Political Handbook of the World; Revolutionary and Dissident Movements of the World.

Internet sites, including: Amnesty International (AI), British and Irish Agencies Afghanistan Group (BAAG), British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), European Country of Origin Information Network (ecoi.net), Freedom House, Human Rights Watch (HRW), Institute for War and Peace Reporting (IWPR), Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN), International Crisis Group (ICG), International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights, Overseas Security Advisory Council (OSAC), United Kingdom (UK) Immigration and Nationality Directorate (IND), United States (US) Department of State, US Library of Congress – Federal Research Division, World News Connection/Dialog.

Topics: Militias,

Copyright notice: This document is published with the permission of the copyright holder and producer Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (IRB). The original version of this document may be found on the offical website of the IRB at http://www.irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/. Documents earlier than 2003 may be found only on Refworld.

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