Choking on Air Pollution
High levels of dust and fumes prompt UN to launch a year-long study of air quality.
High levels of dust and fumes prompt UN to launch a year-long study of air quality.
Although training programmes are currently under way, it may take years to restore public confidence in the police.
With only a sixth of eligible voters in northern provinces registered so far, elections scheduled for September may have to be postponed again.
Most are upbeat about forthcoming elections and the prospects for peace and stability in their country.
In this traditional society, daughters are often seen as a burden on a family.
Conservative Islamists opposed to women's education stage a string of attacks across the country.
Afghanistan's leaders are ready to accept foreign assistance to rebuild
Presidential security service viewed as a dangerous irregular force whose loyalties remain unclear.
The government calls for a halt to chicken imports, and local traders say sales are sharply down.