Afghanistan

Kabul Officials 'Play Down' Pashtun Atrocities

Questions raised over Afghan government claims that reports of crimes against Pashtuns in the north of the country are exaggerated.

22 Feb 05

New media regulation requires journalists to inform the government of critical articles months in advance.

22 Feb 05

President appears to be taking advantage of West’s focus on Iraq to renew pressure on the media.

22 Feb 05

Their lives shattered by civil war, more and more women in Tajikistan

21 Feb 05

Human rights groups blow the whistle on Tashkent's discrimination against ethnic Tajiks

21 Feb 05

While the authorities call for the return of looted artefacts, archaeologists plan new digs to replenish their depleted stock of treasures.

21 Feb 05

Thousands of refugees expected to return to the Afghan capital over the next year are likely to find themselves homeless

21 Feb 05

Although the centre of Kabul now enjoys relative security, bands of armed robbers continue to plague surrounding suburbs.

21 Feb 05

A behind the scenes battle for authority in the Nangarhar region poses a potentially serious threat to hopes of securing a united Afghanistan.

21 Feb 05

Fears are growing that the under-representation in government of the country's biggest ethnic group will lead to a resumption of bloodshed.

21 Feb 05

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