Pakistan

Afghanistan: The Price of Beauty

Women influenced by television glamour are eager to spruce up their image - but their quest for beauty can result in disaster.

3 Nov 05

Refugees are returning home in increasing numbers, bearing tales of mistreatment and forced repatriation.

28 Oct 05

Money matters more than road skills when it comes to getting a licence in Kabul

21 Oct 05

Looted and smuggled antiques spanning the country's history are slowly returning to Kabul, thanks to the efforts of one man.

21 Oct 05

Leading educationalists object to a private school conducting all its classes in English.

21 Oct 05

Companies say they’re going to the wall because the government is failing to protect them from cheap Iranian imports.

5 Oct 05

Four years after the blueprint for Afghan democracy was set out at Bonn, much remains to be done.

5 Oct 05

Karachi consulate blast renews calls for investigation into killings of Pakistanis by the Macedonian police.

6 Sep 05

Nomad women try to hold families together under tough conditions.

25 Aug 05

Pakistan is struggling to find "moderate" Taleban to participate in a future broad-based Kabul government.

4 Aug 05

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