Marching to a Different Tune
In an unprecedented move, young people across Afghanistan have set aside ethnic differences to campaign for national unity.
In an unprecedented move, young people across Afghanistan have set aside ethnic differences to campaign for national unity.
An apparent loophole in the election law means some of Afghanistan's worst warlords could run for the legislature.
Symbols assigned to candidates in the upcoming parliamentary election has some prospective politicians fuming.
Afghan leadership says foreigners exploited Islamic sentiment to destabilise the country in advance of elections.
The historic Darulaman Palace is being rebuilt at last, but some local architects object to the way it is being done.
Afghan and foreign officials trade accusations over why efforts to eradicate the illegal crop have largely failed.
Some candidates for the country’s first democratic legislative election are warning that voters may be shortchanged.
Northern strongmen dismiss claims that troops loyal to them were to blame for election-related fighting.
Demands for higher pay and improved working conditions prompt strikes at schools in Kabul and Farah province.
The country’s poorest people, the nomadic Kuchis, feel they will not be adequately represented in the new legislature.