Asia

Afghanistan

IWPR Insight
Fading Hopes of Transitional Justice in Afghanistan
Noorrahman Rahmani
11 May 12
No one has yet called alleged perpetrators of war crimes to account, and there is little chance of it happening once foreign troops leave in 2014.
Afghans See No Signs of Security Handover in North
Abdul Latif Sahak
10 May 12
In Balkh province, residents say foreign troops are conducting searches just the same as before.
President Karzai attending a NATO summit on Afghanistan, November 2010. (Photo: UN Photo/Evan Schneider)
Karzai Mulls Early Afghan Election
Mina Habib
10 May 12
President says foreign troop withdrawal could make 2014 poll impossible.
Healthcare Crisis in Central Afghan District
Ahmad Shah Jawad
3 May 12
In one area of Uruzgan province, two doctors are supposed to look after tens of thousands of people.
Special Investigation
Finances a Mystery at Kabul Conference
Khan Mohammad Danishju
1 May 12
Donors gave more than one million dollars in funding and materials, but paper trail for where this went proves elusive.
Special Investigation
Herat Traders Fed Up With Extortion
Hamed Mehri
30 Apr 12
Street sellers say they have to pay daily bribes to city officials if they want to continue working.
A US Navy medic assists Afghan civilians injured by an improvised explosive device that hit the bus they were traveling on in Delaram, southwest Afghanistan. The Taleban are now trying to downplay their own role in civilian casualties and shift the blame to the Afghan government and its western allies. (Photo: Corporal Matthew Troyer/US. Marine Corps) Security officials tour newly-built prison facilities in Herat. (Photo: ISAF Media) The first of the post-Taleban national jirgas was held in 2002, electing Hamid Karzai president. (Photo: US State Department) Students during a classroom training session. (Photo: IWPR) A British soldier from the ISAF contingent on patrol in Kabul. Picture taken in 2008. (Photo: ISAF/US Air Force Tech. Sgt. Laura K. Smith) No one challenges her role as commander, however unusual it is for an Afghan woman. (Photo: Gol Ahmad Ehsan)
Italian soldiers running a first-aid course for Afghans in Gozara province. Some residents are unhappy that promised reconstruction work has yet to materialise. (Photo: ISAF media) (Photo: IWPR) An Afghan votes in the 2009 presidential election. (Photo: UN Photo/Eric Kanalstein) US soldiers advance on a civilian compound while responding to a Taleban attack in Helmand. When civilian casualties occur during the fighting, local resentment focuses on the foreign troops rather than the insurgents. (Photo: Tech. Sgt. Efren Lopez/US military) Afghan men display the kind of light weapons that remain prevalent in Afghanistan despite efforts to disband paramilitary groups. (Photo: Davric/Creative Commons) Civilians in Wardak province report that the Taleban are more in evidence than local government officials. (Photo: ISAF Public Affairs)