Afghanistan

Educated Afghans Stay Away

For many highly-skilled refugees, a harsh life in Pakistan is preferable to an uncertain future back home.

2 Mar 05

Parents and students express mixture of fear and defiance after attacks on schools.

2 Mar 05

A flood of cheap Iranian-made carpets is putting many poor Afghan craftsmen out of business.

2 Mar 05

The authorities face a difficult task transforming thousands of former soldiers into professional policemen.

2 Mar 05

An encounter with the man who may be Afghanistan's oldest voter.

2 Mar 05

Officials put new security measures in place in the wake of the abduction of three UN election workers.

2 Mar 05

Journalist in northern Afghanistan accuses followers of General Dostum of abducting and assaulting him for alleged theft of incriminating video.

2 Mar 05

Some who thought they would be paid for their work for presidential candidates discover they were actually volunteers.

2 Mar 05

Despite renewed pledges by the government to eradicate the drug trade, those who produce the raw material for heroin insist they have no alternative.

2 Mar 05

Planning minister says most domestic and international aid organisations are more interested in their own well-being than in aiding Afghans.

2 Mar 05

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