Police Target Journalists After Taleban Trip
Team of journalists from Helmand harassed by local police following visit to Taleban-held town.
Team of journalists from Helmand harassed by local police following visit to Taleban-held town.
Officers are demanding money for safe passage on the province’s roads.
Farmers say they are growing more poppy this year, despite government claims to the contrary.
People in Lashkar Gah want cleaner streets, and health experts agree it is a priority.
Musicians say they are losing their livelihoods because of Taleban strictures.
Fear stalks Karte Parwan residents and hurts businesses at the site of a bomb that killed 30 people.
Victims of running battles and bombardment say they have had enough.
But a court official refutes the claims, saying he and his colleagues did a good job.
Helmand’s farmers are chopping down their pomegranate trees for the more lucrative opium plants, while blaming the government for failing to help them.