Hijratullah Ekhtyar
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In Nangarhar, some say texts for new school curriculum are too hard, others that they are plain wrong.
After the spiritual experience of visiting Mecca, returning pilgrims are expected to host festivities for friends and relatives.
Nangarhar doctors overstretched by swelling patient numbers and dearth of equipment.
Nangarhar TV journalist Sanga Jabarkhil describes her battle against prejudice.
Nangarhar undergraduates sleep 25 to a four-person room.
When women are prosecuted, they are unlikely to tell male lawyers key facts that could count as extenuating circumstances.
In Nangarhar, Pakistani rupees rather than afghanis are common currency.
Jalalabad turns out movies by the dozen, despite having no cinemas.
Much to be done to raise standards, local media-watchers say.