Afghanistan

Girls Still Standing Outside the Classroom Door

As the second post-Taleban school year begins, poverty and prejudice are still keeping girls out of education.

21 Feb 05

Afghans freed from United States captivity say Kabul is worse than Guantanamo Bay.

21 Feb 05

Religious leaders have been learning how to promote and maintain Afghanistan’s new stability.

21 Feb 05

New chapter for the city is an unhappy one for book lovers.

21 Feb 05

Illiterate, middle-aged women are flocking to government-sponsored basic education classes.

21 Feb 05

Many nomadic farmers are being forced to abandon their centuries-old way of life.

21 Feb 05

People whose homes were seized during the years of war and strife are finding it hard to retrieve them.

21 Feb 05

A thriving industry vanishes almost overnight as refugees stream back to their homeland, taking their skills with them.

21 Feb 05

Kabul's libraries were no more than targets for missiles in wartime but now a huge effort is underway to restore some of their old glory.

21 Feb 05

One of the biggest attractions in Kabul is named after a disaster movie, and officials warn it is becoming a catastrophe in its own right.

21 Feb 05

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