Afghanistan

Herat Traders Fed Up With Extortion

Street sellers say they have to pay daily bribes to city officials if they want to continue working.

Patients Pay for "Free" Drugs at North Afghanistan Hospital

Medicines provided by international donors go missing and turn up on the open market.

Afghanistan: The Forgotten Victims documentary

IWPR documentary sheds light on the war crimes and other abuses committed over two decades of Afghan conflict.

The Forgotten Victims: Conversation With the Film Makers

Interviews with IWPR staff involved in film, and reactions from public screenings in Afghanistan.

Afghanistan: The Ghost Teachers of Ghor

Millions of dollars spent on staff who don’t turn up for work.

Three Decades on From Kunar Massacre

Afghans Alarmed at Spread of Fake Banknotes

Latest versions are so sophisticated and hard to spot that some Afghans suspect a plot to undermine their monetary system.

Rare Afghan Sheep Survives Despite Poachers

Latest survey suggests Marco Polo sheep numbers have risen.

Afghanistan: Accountability for 1990s War Crimes

Soviet Massacre in Southeast Afghanistan Remembered