Afghanistan

Afghan Drug Boom Fuels Child Addiction Rates

Doctors estimate that there are more than 2,000 drug-addicted children in the western city of Herat alone.

28 Nov 06

Afghans say cheap food and medicines from Iran can pose a risk.

18 Nov 06

Many investors turned off by spate of kidnappings and venal officials.

13 Nov 06

Kunduz residents dispute the right of incomers to assert long-lost property rights.

20 Oct 06

Islamabad is outflanking Kabul in the debate about where the Taleban are based and whose fault it is that they are still there.

28 Sep 06

While insurgents burn down girls’ schools in southern Afghanistan, music lessons are proving controversial in the northern city of Mazar-e-Sharif.

16 Sep 06

Tough regulations and confusion over where the border runs make life hard for Afghans living along the frontier with Turkmenistan.

11 Sep 06

Massouda Jalal touts her independence as solution to the country’s problems.

1 Sep 06

A formidable boxer and political newcomer seeks the presidency as an independent.

1 Sep 06

A veteran of Afghan wars and politics, Younis Qanuni is closely identified with the Panjshiri political grouping.

1 Sep 06

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