Afghanistan

Afghanistan: Aug ‘08

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

Afghanistan: Aug ‘08

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

Confusion and Anger Over Balkh Raid

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

Afghans Incensed by Air Attack on Village

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

Afghanistan: Sep ‘08

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

Afghanistan: Sep ‘08

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

Viewing the West

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

Afghan Land Dispute Sparks Ethnic Tension

Pashtun refugees returning to claim homes and lands in Takhar face opposition from local Uzbeks.

Fears Over “Islamicisation” of Afghan Judiciary

Ultra-conservative judges, with fundamentalist views of Islam, are accused of miscarriages of justices.

Countdown to New Reporting Project