Sayed Yaqub Ibrahimi
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Moscow wants repayment of loans from war era, but Afghans say they’re the ones who should be paid for losses the Soviets inflicted on their country.
Most council candidates have no idea of what’s involved in the political office they are seeking.
The thousands of observers watching each step of parliamentary and provincial council elections could be a mixed blessing.
The risk of a raid by Taleban forces is seen as remote in northern Afghanistan, but no one is taking any chances.
Skirmish between rival local commanders is contained, but highlights the fragile truce around Mazar-e-Sharif.
Local agricultural officials advance idea of growing world's most expensive spice as way to curb country’s drug trade.
Police training seen as central to building stable environment in a region that has seen violent clashes.
Farmers in the north are up in arms over a government programme to stamp out marijuana.
Four years after the blueprint for Afghan democracy was set out at Bonn, much remains to be done.
Thousands of refugees come home to find that local commanders have expropriated their property.