Afghanistan

Fixing Afghanistan's Leather Trade

Animal skins are a top export, but traders say they will never make money unless the government kick-starts the tanning industry.

Afghan Girls Miss Years of Schooling in Nangarhar

Afghanistan: Paying for Justice in Khost

Residents of southeastern province pay traditional assemblies to sort out disputes, leaving state mechanisms out of the picture.

Shooting a Free Spirit

Malala Yousafzai showed the way for young Pakistanis to speak freely, and Taleban extremists reacted with the only methods they know.

Afghan Fury at Planned Pakistan Pact

Mixed messages as Kabul asks Pakistan to stop border shelling, then agrees to strategic partnership.

Cashflow Crisis as Afghan Dam Crumbles

Women Traded to End Afghan Feuds

Afghans Hostage to Corruption

Everyone knows it’s undermining the country, but no one has a solution.

Highway Robbery on Major Afghan Road

IWPR reporter finds evidence of arbitrary, undocumented taxation on road through Laghman province.

Scepticism as US Blacklists Afghan Insurgent Group

Pakistan’s secret service, not its proxies, is the real problem, Afghan experts say.