Sayed Yaqub Ibrahimi
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While insurgents burn down girls’ schools in southern Afghanistan, music lessons are proving controversial in the northern city of Mazar-e-Sharif.
The trade in karakul lambskin is picking up, bringing much-needed revenue to farmers.
Talk of the Trans-Afghan Pipeline raises the prospect of big returns for investors and the Kabul government. But security remains the key unanswered question.
Convinced that water is harmful to their health, many people prefer to be dehydrated than drink a glass of cold water.
One year on, the new disarmament programme has little to boast of.
While some applaud the dismissal of local leaders accused of corruption, others remain unconvinced the government is serious about halting the drug trade.
As more than one journalist has found to his peril, press freedom has fairly narrow limits in Afghanistan.
Community-based development programme can boast some remarkable successes, but some say it falls short of its lofty rhetoric.
Former warlord reckons he can succeed where others have failed in defeating the insurgents.
The Taleban’s old adversaries in the north are disarming – but some of their weapons are being smuggled to the insurgents in the south.