Salima Ghafari
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Women are sorely underrepresented in the new cabinet – and they want to know why.
Buffeted by their country’s turbulent transition, many young people now seem more interested in popular culture than traditional values.
While free healthcare is guaranteed by the constitution, many Afghans prefer to pay for treatment.
Popular radio drama has provided a much need antidote to the upheaval and tumult of the last ten years.
The shortage of female journalists is preventing Afghan women from telling their stories.
Experts warn that the geography and ignorance put the country at great risk of an epidemic.
Parties band together to field a slate of candidates in the upcoming election.
War, poverty and cultural traditions conspire to create children who are handicapped at the very start of live.
Young people flock to computing and English language courses, seen as key to a future in well-paying jobs.
Nomad women try to hold families together under tough conditions.