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A shopping street in Herat. (Photo: Isafmedia/US. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Kevin Wallace)

Foreign Imports Killing Off Afghan Industry

Manufacturing sector struggles against flood of cheaper imports.

Afghan Taxes Squeezing Poorest

Import duties simply translate into punitive prices while local businesses get away with unpaid taxes, experts say.

Fertiliser Ban Hits Afghan Farmers

Ammonium nitrate banned because of its use as explosive, but orchard owners say their trees are starved of nutrients.

Bridge connecting Afghanistan with Uzbekistan at Hairatan, which is also the location of a refinery processing oil extracted inside the country. (Photo: US Air Force by Staff Sgt. Bradley Lail)

Oiling Wheels in Afghanistan

Neighbouring states may be unhappy to see Afghans producing and refining their own oil.

A poster urging Afghans to switch from opium to wheat. (Photo: Todd Huffman/Flickr)

Report Draws Funds for Afghan Region

Media Union Emerges From Mazar Project

An Afghan policewoman in Kabul conducting a vehicle inspection at a checkpoint in the capital Kabul. (Photo: Iseafmedia)

Afghan Police Struggle to Recruit Women

Potential recruits held back by family restrictions.

Afghanistan: Apr/May '11

IWPR report addresses local fears about getting caught in crossfire between police and insurgent groups.

Report Eases Afghan Civilians' Security Concerns

IWPR report addresses local fears about getting caught in crossfire between police and insurgent groups.

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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

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