Afghanistan

Badakhshis Change Allegiances

President Karzai gets the vote in his predecessor’s stronghold.

3 Mar 05

Locusts are wreaking havoc in the once thriving farmlands of Kunduz province.

3 Mar 05

Renowned beauty specialists have thrown their weight behind a plan to bring Kabul’s salon workers up to the latest fashions.

3 Mar 05

Modest success at the Asian Games is shot in the arm for the country’s long-suffering sportsmen.

3 Mar 05

Thousands of adults go back to school in huge government-sponsored bid to tackle widespread illiteracy.

3 Mar 05

Doctors are struggling to stem a malaria outbreak that’s ravaging the country’s rural poor.

3 Mar 05

A few minutes broadcast nationwide may be the only chance candidates get to reach potential voters, but not all of them realise it.

3 Mar 05

Even conservative presidential candidates are making a bid to attract female voters, but has anyone’s programme gone far enough?

3 Mar 05

As fears of Taleban attacks fade, election day is marred by arguments over disappearing ink.

3 Mar 05

Stricken reporter finds conditions poor and medicines costly at Kabul hospital.

3 Mar 05

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