Afghanistan COI Repository

On this page, you can download our Afghanistan Country of Origin Information (COI) Repository, developed jointly by Asylos and Clifford Chance. This repository contains a list of national, regional and international sources and presents current country information on Afghanistan under research headings. This initiative started as an emergency response to the crisis in Afghanistan in August 2021.

To download the report which covers the research period of 1 September 2021 - 31 December 2022, please click below.

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Afghanistan: COI Repository

31 December 2022

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