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Afghan Girls Miss Years of Schooling in Nangarhar

A jirga - the village council convened to resolve civil disputes and fix compensation for crimes. Khost province, 2012. (Photo: Farid Zaher)

Investigative Report

Afghanistan: Paying for Justice in Khost

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

Malala Yousafzai attends an Open Minds project awards ceremony in Islamabad, December 2010. © IWPR

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.

An Afghan soldier talks to villagers in Kunar province, which borders on Pakistan. (Photo: ISAF Public Affairs)

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.

Typical traffic on a highway in southern Afghanistan, in this case Ghazni province. (Photo: ISAF Public Affairs)

Investigative Report

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.

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A woman reacts over the body of her daughter, next to a clinic that was damaged during a Russian missile attack, on June 1, 2023 in Kyiv, Ukraine. At least three were killed, including a child, and others were injured by falling debris from intercepted missiles. © Roman Pilipey/Getty Images

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Ukraine Justice: “Reporting the Story is Just the Start”

Journalists need training and support to properly cover war crimes trials.

Students attend a lesson on housekeeping at a training facility for domestic workers on November 22, 2022 in Kampala, Uganda. Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states are a frequent destination for Ugandan domestic workers, with official estimates suggesting that around one hundred and sixty-five thousand Ugandans are in temporary employment contracts in the region. © Luke Dray/Getty Images

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Ugandan Women Pay the Price of Exploitation

Activists warn that vulnerable domestic workers risk abuse, often returning with serious health conditions.

Ukraine War Diary by A. Borden

Harsh Victory at Position X

Commitment, sacrifice and luck secured a vital early win in the south-eastern campaign, but can Ukrainian forces press on?

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Behind the Wheel in a Macho City

Some women face Adana's male-dominated traffic chaos for a living.

Karine (not her real name) was 15 when she realised that the male body she was born into was not hers. She moved from the rural community she grew up in to the capital Yerevan to be free to be herself. Unlinke many people in her community she was able to find a stable job as a hairdresser and manicurist. © Anahit Zakaryan

Life in the Shadows for Armenia’s Transgender Community

Recent murder highlights widespread discrimination and violence against LGBTI people.

An AFPTV cameraman films while smoke plumes billow during Israeli air strikes in Gaza City on October 12, 2023 as raging battles between Israel and the Hamas movement continue for the sixth consecutive day. Thousands of people, both Israeli and Palestinians have died since October 7, 2023, after Palestinian Hamas militants based in the Gaza Strip, entered southern Israel in a surprise attack leading Israel to declare war on Hamas in Gaza on October 8. © Mohammed Abed/AFP via Getty Images

The Israel-Hamas Conflict

Interview: The War on Disinformation

Open source intelligence (OSINT) can provide facts – but impatient, angry audiences often prefer opinions.