Teachers Make Themselves Heard
Demands for higher pay and improved working conditions prompt strikes at schools in Kabul and Farah province.
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.
Local merchants say the economy is crippled when poppy crops are eradicated.
With the parliamentary vote scheduled for September, many still profess ignorance of how legislators will be chosen.
New programme aims to encourage local commanders and their men to turn in their weapons before the election.
Four Afghan students win top prizes in international competition and change some minds in the process.
New government programme plans to bring internet services to the masses.
Finding your way around Kabul can be tricky, but that may change soon.
Is sudden surge in insurgent attacks a short-term push to disrupt September elections, or a real sign the Islamic militia is reviving?
War, poverty and cultural traditions conspire to create children who are handicapped at the very start of live.