Taleban Silence Helmand's Musicians
Musicians say they are losing their livelihoods because of Taleban strictures.
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.
The authorities are unrepentant in spite of claims that some of the 15 men executed were convicted as a result of flawed trials.
Plans in train for new Helmand newspaper and next set of stories for local voices project completed.
Wealthy strongmen recruit adolescent boys for entertainment and sex, with the local authorities powerless to stop the practice.