Asia

Hafizullah Gardesh receives his award from SAFMA mission head Zia Bomia. (Photo: IWPR)
Project Highlight
IWPR Journalists Recognised at Afghan Awards Ceremony
IWPR Afghanistan
23 May 12
Enforced postponement of event underlines just how dangerous the environment is for reporters.
Investigative Report
Afghanistan: "I Was Not Born a Slave"
Sayed Samiullah Sayidi
23 May 12
IWPR investigation reveals children trapped in unending bonded labour to pay off loans.
Massive Logging in Afghan East
Fazil Ali Fazil
22 May 12
Lean Times for Afghan Journalism
Khan Mohammad Danishju
22 May 12
Media sector sees job losses as donor funding shrinks.
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.
A poster urging Afghans to switch from opium to wheat. (Photo: Todd Huffman/Flickr) (Photo: ISAF Media) On a recent visit to Iran, an Afghan parliamentary committee is said to have found that 3,000 Afghans were on death row, convicted of drug smuggling. Killing of local warlord Ghulam Yahya Akbari has transformed the lives of Gozara residents. Photo by IWPR. A fiery sermon at the Hazrat Ali mosque in Mazar-e-Sharif preceded a demonstration that left at least 12 dead including seven UN staff. (Photo: ISAF Public Affairs Photo) Adnan Sami and Sajjad Mubarak, participants in IWPR’s Open Minds youth journalism project.
Many Heratis say they are wary of Iranian influence. (Photo: Marius Arnesen/Flickr) Compiled from students' reports, article appeared in The News. A specialised bulldozer ready for work clearing a minefield north of Kabul. (Photo: J.MacLeod) The carpet bazaar at Aq Chah, the centre of a major producing area in northern Afghanistan. (Photo: Mobyhill/Flickr) Common myna, a species valued by Afghans more as a supreme pest-control agent than for its ability to talk. (Photo: Yotam Orchan, Assaf Shwartz) IWPR training workshop held in Helmand. (Photo: IWPR)