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A Helmand man tells the story of why he was press-ganged by the Taleban in the months before 9/11, and how he got away.
Elderly men often take young women as their brides - but their families don’t always approve.
Profits may be meagre, but for many in the Andijan region gathering scrap metal is the only way to make ends meet.
Observers say President Karzai missed an opportunity to reform the country’s ineffective judicial system when he re-appointed all but one of the nine high court judges.
Serbs in Kosovo are facing the hardest choice. With a final blaze, many are deciding to pack up and head "home" to Serbia.
The random shooting in the town increases, and so do the expulsions and burnings. Then the knock finally does come, and our correspondent is ordered to leave.
A group calling itself the Iraqi Resistance invites IWPR to witness suicide bombing exercises.
Reporter abducted and held for six hours by an armed group near Fallujah recounts his ordeal.
Despite international condemnation of the Taliban, Turkmenistan has chosen to foster closer links with the Kabul regime.
There's more and more evidence of a concerted campaign to destroy the remains of Kosovo Albanians butchered by Milosevic's forces.