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Afghanistan’s Largest Law Library Opened

USAID-funded library supports Afghanistan's legal community with comprehensive resources.

Kabul, Afghanistan | Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Study tables on the new INLTC library’s first floor.

Photo: USAID/Afghanistan

Study tables at the new INLTC library.

On August 27th, the doors of the new law library at the Independent National Legal Training Center opened. For the first time, Afghanistan’s legal community has access to the most comprehensive collection of legal literature in the country. With the new resources available, Afghanistan’s lawyers, judges and government officials will have the information they need to support their country’s growing justice sector.

Designed and developed by the USAID-funded Afghanistan Rule of Law Project, the new Law Library houses a full collection of Afghanistan’s laws in Dari and Pashto languages, including 3,100 hardcopy volumes and a variety of newspapers and journals published by government institutions. The library also provides 11 computer terminals which allow users to search all of Afghanistan’s laws electronically.

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Afghanistan’s Largest Law Library Opened

USAID-funded library supports Afghanistan's legal community with comprehensive resources.

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