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Blocked budgets in Kabul starve western city of the funding needed to keep architecture treasures standing.
Running a business in Afghanistan can expose you to kidnap and murder by gangs looking for ransom.
The capital has seen a dramatic upturn in the amount of electricity available since Ismail Khan took over as energy minister.
Recent appointments by the Karzai administration suggest that those accused of human rights abuses are unlikely to be held to account any time soon.
Advocates of women’s rights mark International Women’s Day by noting progress while looking ahead to how much still needs to be done.
The government launches a drive to plant trees throughout the country.
The practice of marrying off daughters to allow sons to afford a bride is sometimes doomed to failure.
As the school year starts, the continued campaign to encourage families to send daughters to school will have a special focus on rural areas.
Few Afghan refugees think Zaher Shah alone can bring peace to their war-torn land, but they see their ex-king's return as a sign that normal life is returning at last.
Displaced people encouraged to return to Afghanistan may have been better off where they were, new report claims.