Afghanistan

Kabul's Children Learn to Play Again

A cash-strapped project in the Afghan capital is giving thousands of street-working youngsters a safe place to relax and have fun.

3 Mar 05

Afghanistan’s third most important crop looks set for a downturn after drought, disease and decimation by returning refugees.

3 Mar 05

Deadly pulmonary tuberculosis is striking women in Afghanistan unusually hard, baffling health experts.

3 Mar 05

Young Aghans are eager to learn in spite of a book and schoolroom shortage – but now their unpaid teachers are leaving the profession.

3 Mar 05

President and defence minister deny rift after army is left out of independence festivities.

3 Mar 05

Kabul’s bereaved and brutalised women are selling bread on the streets to win back their independence and dignity.

3 Mar 05

Thousands of families living in bombed-out shells across the capital are already feeling the chill.

3 Mar 05

With the poppy-planting season only weeks away, the Afghan authorities face a hard task persuading farmers to grow wheat instead.

3 Mar 05

A shortage of trained physicians leads to many unqualified individuals offering medical treatment, often with disastrous results.

3 Mar 05

Forty years on, a veteran campaigner is still fighting for education and rights for Afghan women.

3 Mar 05

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