name: Norwegian Afghanistan Committee
text: NAC is an independent development organization with no political or religious affiliation. NAC offers help regardless of religion and ethnicity, and many of our projects are aimed at girls and women. Also, they are a green development organization with environmental projects.
  
  NAC focuses on both long-term projects and short-term aid in Afghanistan and support two schools for girl-refugees in Peshawar, Pakistan.
  
  NAC started as a solidarity organization with the Afghan people after the Soviet invasion in 1979. However, it was not until 1986 their permanent presence in Afghanistan started. Since then their mission has expanded and today comprises developing projects in the areas of health, education, environment and infrastructure.
  
  NAC's main foreign office is in Kabul and in addition they also have two regional offices in Jalalabad and Badakshan.
  
  NAC is a member organization with our members being able to take part in and influence their policies. A lot of their activities in Norway are based on voluntary work, and they have three local committees based in Oslo, Trondheim and Bergen. They also have a women's group working for the improvement of Afghan women's situation.
  
  NAC primarily works in the east and northeast of Afghanistan with offices situated in Badakhshan, Ghazni (provinces of Paktya and Ghazni), Jalalabad (provinces of Nangarhar, Kunar and Laghman) and our main office in Kabul, the capital. They also have an office in Peshawar, right across the border in Pakistan.
  
  http://www.afghanistan.no/