Afghanistan

Karzai Facing Stiff Challenges

Afghanistan's prime minister Hamid Karzai is a popular leader but has he got what it takes to turn his devastated country around?

21 Feb 05

Kabul women say driving lessons are helping to give them a new lease of life.

21 Feb 05

Islamic preachers deny claims that they are spreading political dissent.

21 Feb 05

An Afghan is cycling from Nangarhar to New York to tell the world it isn’t doing enough about his country.

21 Feb 05

A handful of women, defying convention and the authorities, que up to watch the latest Bollywood hits.

21 Feb 05

Long-suffering women turn to opium in order to deal with the harsh realities of Afghan life.

21 Feb 05

Government divisions emerge over security force’s handling of student demo.

21 Feb 05

President speaks of progress and shortcomings, in assessment of first year in office.

21 Feb 05

Bereaved provincial women are being forced to marry their late husbands’ relative in defiance of both Muslim and civil law.

21 Feb 05

Thousands of women are suffering from mental illness brought about by their suffering over the last two decades of conflict.

21 Feb 05

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