Afghanistan

Students Protest Constitutional Changes

Factional divisions left at home as northern groups demonstrate against centralised, presidential government.

16 Nov 05

Warlord's heavy armour rumbles out of Mazar-e-Sharif to be kept under lock and key by Afghan army.

16 Nov 05

A new law governing party registration is being roundly ignored by Afghanistan’s most powerful political groups.

16 Nov 05

Soldiers dismissed as part of a reform of the armed forces in dispute with defence ministry over back pay.

16 Nov 05

Afghans in south-east province dispute Pakistani territorial claims.

16 Nov 05

High-profile case provides a test of the nation’s justice system on the eve of the presidential election.

15 Nov 05

(ARR No. 131, 27-Aug-04)

15 Nov 05

(ARR No. 129, 13-Aug-04)

15 Nov 05

Hundreds of children are abducted every year but so far the government has been unable to stop the problem.

15 Nov 05

Many of Afghanistan's most precious artefacts are being looted and sold to the highest bidder.

15 Nov 05

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