Afghanistan

Mazar Health Problems Legacy of Land-Grab

Residents of Mazar-e-Sharif suffer ill effects of polluted environment caused by urban expansion on land seized by warlords.

2 Dec 08

Dozens attend training workshops at IWPR’s new journalism facility in Mazar.

26 Nov 08

Mazar journalism student found guilty of blasphemy gets death sentence commuted – but his family is determined to have conviction overturned.

21 Nov 08

Preparations for new training and reporting project in the north get underway.

19 Nov 08

IWPR article on harrowing sexual assault on 12-year-old prompts police sackings.

19 Nov 08

Afghan and foreign officials give contradictory accounts of a counter-narcotics operation in which local residents say they were beaten and robbed.

17 Nov 08

An American air strike in western Afghanistan leaves many locals feeling that all civilians are branded as terrorists.

13 Nov 08

Kabul government clamps down on trading centre after IWPR report revealed arms-for-drugs transactions.

25 Oct 08

Hundreds of Afghans apply for places on IWPR’s new training and reporting programme.

25 Oct 08

Young Iranians navigate their way through negative propaganda and positive images of life in the West to form their own views.

17 Oct 08

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