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The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission completed its first of various reports on economic and social rights in Afghanistan in May 2006. The report's purpose is "to provide a preliminary assessment of the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan’s protection of selected economic and social rights, based on Afghanistan’s national and international human rights commitments.
...This report presents an analysis of data collected through systematic monitoring of the human rights situation (Human Rights Field Monitoring), by the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in 29 provinces throughout Afghanistan. The basis of the analysis is information collected on key indicators for economic and social rights, from almost 8,000 interviews conducted between April and December 2005. Using this information, the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission is able to draw some preliminary conclusions and make recommendations to the Government and International Community towards improving their protection and realization of economic and social rights in Afghanistan.
It is important to note that this report is focused on selected human rights and does not attempt to provide an exhaustive overview of the situation of human rights in Afghanistan."