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1 ICC-02/17-7-Anx /6 NM PT ANNEX 7 Public Glossary and Table of Abbreviations

2 ICC-02/17-7-Anx /6 NM PT GLOSSARY AND TABLE OF ABBREVIATIONS AAN ACLU ACTED AGO AIHRC AFP AK ALP ANA ANBP ANP ANSF ANSO BBIED BTIF CENTCOM CFC-A CIA Afghanistan Analysts Network American Civil Liberties Union Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development [Agence d Aide à la Coopération Technique et au Développement] Attorney General s Office of Afghanistan Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (Afghanistan s national human rights institution, established under the Constitution of 2004 and accredited to the International Coordinating Committee) Agence France-Presse Assault rifle [Avtomat Kalashnikova] Afghan Local Police Afghan National Army Afghan National Border Police Afghan National Police Afghan National Security Forces Afghanistan NGO Safety Office Body-Borne Improvised Explosive Device Bagram Theater Internment Facility Central Command Combined Forces Command - Afghanistan Central Intelligence Agency Page 1 of 5

3 ICC-02/17-7-Anx /6 NM PT CJTF CTC DOD DOJ DWA ECtHR EIT FATA FBI FOB FOIA GH GPRT HIG HRW HQ IACtHR ICG ICRC ICTY IEA Combined Joint Task Force Counter-Terrorism Center Department of Defense Department of Justice Department of Women's Affairs European Court of Human Rights Enhanced interrogation technique Federally Administered Tribal Areas (semi-autonomous tribal agencies in Pakistan) Federal Bureau of Investigation Forward Operating Base Freedom of Information Act Guest House German Provincial Reconstruction Team Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin Human Rights Watch Headquarters Inter-American Court of Human Rights International Crisis Group International Committee of the Red Cross International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan Page 2 of 5

4 ICC-02/17-7-Anx /6 NM PT IEC IED IHL ILO IMF IOM IRIN ISAF ISI ISKP ISO MP MSF NATO NDS NGO NSC OEF OLC PDPA Independent Electoral Commission Improvised Explosive Device International humanitarian law International Labour Organisation International Monetary Fund International Organisation for Migration Integrated Regional Information Networks International Security Assistance Force Inter-Services Intelligence (Pakistan s principal intelligence agency) Islamic State Khorasan Province Isolation (cell) Member of Parliament Doctors Without Borders [Médecins Sans Frontières] North Atlantic Treaty Organization National Directorate of Security (Afghanistan s principal intelligence agency) Non-governmental organisation National Security Council Operation Enduring Freedom Office of Legal Counsel People s Democratic Party of Afghanistan PHR Physicians for Human Rights Page 3 of 5

5 ICC-02/17-7-Anx /6 NM PT PPIED PVC RDI RPG SOFA SOP SVBIED TJCG UN UNAMA UNDP UNDSS UNGA UNMACA UNSC UNSG US USFOR-A VBIED Voice of Jihad Pressure Plate Improvised Explosive Device Polyvinyl chloride Rendition, detention and interrogation Rocket-propelled grenade Status of Forces Agreement Standard Operating Procedure Suicide Vehicle-Borne Improvised Explosive Device Transitional Justice Coordination Group United Nations United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan United Nations Development Programme United Nations Department of Safety & Security United Nations General Assembly United Nations Mine Action Centre for Afghanistan United Nations Security Council United Nations Secretary-General United States of America US Forces-Afghanistan Vehicle-Borne Improvised Explosive Device The Taliban s official website, available in Pashto, Dari, English, Arabic and Urdu. ( WITS Worldwide Incident Tracking System Page 4 of 5

6 ICC-02/17-7-Anx /6 NM PT Non-English Terms Arbaki Fatwa Imam Layha Loya Jirga Maulawi/Maulvi Mujahideen Mullah Shura Quetta Shura Rahbari Shura Local militia units organised in accordance with a traditional tribal security system (plural: arbakai) Legal opinion or ruling issued by an Islamic scholar Muslim religious leader Taliban military code of conduct Grand Assembly of Afghanistan, a traditional national assembly consisting of representatives of the country s constituent communities and tribes Learned teacher or doctor of Islamic law Islamic guerrilla fighter [person who wages jihad] Educated Muslim trained in religious law and doctrine usually holding an official post Consultative council or assembly Taliban s Leadership Council (unofficial name) Taliban s Leadership Council (official name) Page 5 of 5

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