Afghan Schoolboy Takes on Taleban
Afghanistan's youngest military commander is determined not to let the war disrupt his studies.
Afghanistan's youngest military commander is determined not to let the war disrupt his studies.
German national claims that he suffered months of abuse in a Kabul jail after being arrested on Skopje trip.
As the authorities look on, forced marriages and poverty contribute to a wave of violence against women.
A female candidate says that despite the risks, she hopes to win a seat and raise the concerns of Afghanistan’s women.
Women see elections as a chance to promote their rights, but there are risks to putting their names forward.
During the 1991-97 civil war, thousands of women and children fled to Afghanistan to live as refugees. But despite their suffering, many women have now found professional success.
In remote Paktika province, women face enormous obstacles getting even basic medical treatment.
The oppressive Taleban regime is long gone, but many Afghan women are still afraid to abandon their burqas.
Eyewitnesses tell how President Karimov’s soldiers finished off the injured as they lay bleeding, and then concealed the corpses.