Afghanistan

Health Crisis Hits Rural Afghans

In remote Paktika province, women face enormous obstacles getting even basic medical treatment.

16 Jun 05

Women are still being used as currency in the marriage market.

2 Jun 05

The oppressive Taleban regime is long gone, but many Afghan women are still afraid to abandon their burqas.

19 May 05

Eyewitnesses tell how President Karimov’s soldiers finished off the injured as they lay bleeding, and then concealed the corpses.

16 May 05

The government has moved to destroy poppy fields in the east of the country, after failing to come to an agreement with farmers over compensation.

28 Apr 05

The earthquake survivors of the Hindu Kush will struggle to rebuild their lives.

28 Apr 05

An Afghan-run project provides a ray of hope for the physically and mentally handicapped.

28 Apr 05

Unscrupulous loggers are ravaging one of the country's most beautiful woodland regions.

28 Apr 05

There are growing fears that the Tajik-dominated Northern Alliance is aiming to monopolise the country's fledgling national army.

28 Apr 05

Pashtun chief challenges the interim administration over arrest of alleged coup plotters.

28 Apr 05

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