Sayed Yaqub Ibrahimi
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Supporters of General Dostum accused of using fraudulent means to qualify for a place on September’s parliamentary ballot.
Local militia commanders are supposed to have disarmed but recent deadly explosion shows many have kept their arms caches.
In an unprecedented move, young people across Afghanistan have set aside ethnic differences to campaign for national unity.
An apparent loophole in the election law means some of Afghanistan's worst warlords could run for the legislature.
Afghan and foreign officials trade accusations over why efforts to eradicate the illegal crop have largely failed.
Northern strongmen dismiss claims that troops loyal to them were to blame for election-related fighting.
New programme aims to encourage local commanders and their men to turn in their weapons before the election.
Traffickers see planned river crossing to Central Asia as gift that will smooth their path.
Farmers in Baghlan province see the revival of an old sugar factory as a way to produce an alternative to lucrative opium production.
A UN programme seeks to bring young boys pressed into the service of local commanders back into society.