IWPR Afghanistan

Locals question why propaganda broadcasts have not been shut down.
Some Afghans are sceptical about an initiative intended to convince fighters to lay down their arms.
Experts argue that vital resource could be worth of billions of US dollars to the country.
Medical centres tend to be concentrated in urban areas, leaving villagers little access to care.
Girls and women get a chance to sing and play instruments, but conservatives are firmly opposed.
Police say all steering wheels must be on the left side, but the company hired to do the job has run into trouble with officialdom.
Unfulfilled hopes of economic growth and security create a growing pool long-term unemployed, many of them returning refugees.
Instrument makers in the northern city of Samangan are going out of business as people turn to western music.
New hospital a lifesaver for Elaha, whose family could never afford treatment abroad.