Pakistan

A Way of Life Ending

The new constitution includes provisions to help the country's nomads devastated by conflict and drought.

16 Nov 05

While the heaviest accumulation in at least five years may help ease the current drought, some suffer from the inclement weather.

16 Nov 05

Having fled Iraq, Iran and Pakistan, 29 refugees are seeking sanctuary in Afghanistan.

16 Nov 05

While everyone agrees that Zabul is one of the most troubled provinces in the country, no one is willing to take responsibility.

16 Nov 05

The lack of food-storage facilities means farmers must either sell their crops for low prices, sell them abroad or watch them rot in the fields.

16 Nov 05

A Bollywood film and the styles it has inspired are all the rage in a city where watching movies was once forbidden.

16 Nov 05

Tailors and cobblers have been especially hard hit by the surge of manufactured goods arriving from China.

16 Nov 05

Hounded by the mujahedin and the Taleban, musicians are not finding it much easier today.

16 Nov 05

Officials insist next year's elections are on track despite Loya Jirga postponement.

16 Nov 05

Governor of Paktia says province is now safe and rebuilding is under way after a slow start.

16 Nov 05

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