Afghanistan: Paying for Justice in Khost
Residents of southeastern province pay traditional assemblies to sort out disputes, leaving state mechanisms out of the picture.
Residents of southeastern province pay traditional assemblies to sort out disputes, leaving state mechanisms out of the picture.
Malala Yousafzai showed the way for young Pakistanis to speak freely, and Taleban extremists reacted with the only methods they know.
Mixed messages as Kabul asks Pakistan to stop border shelling, then agrees to strategic partnership.
Everyone knows it’s undermining the country, but no one has a solution.
IWPR reporter finds evidence of arbitrary, undocumented taxation on road through Laghman province.
Pakistan’s secret service, not its proxies, is the real problem, Afghan experts say.
Nangarhar doctors overstretched by swelling patient numbers and dearth of equipment.
Even public servants turn to alternative courts in the belief they are swifter and more honest than state judiciary.