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Afghanistan More Open About Finances

Budget transparency is said to have improved, but corruption remains a big headache.

Afghan Womens' Football Triumph

Top female players take on ISAF team, winning 1-0.

The land Tajikistan is handing over to China lies along the border in the remote Pamir plateau. (Photo: Dylan Winder/DFID)

Tajiks Trade Land for Friendship with China

Critics say granting land to China "unconstitutional", but consensus view is that diplomats secured best possible deal.

Water is a vital asset for farmers like this man in Afghanistan’s arid Farah province, but also for neighbouring Iran. (Photo: ISAF/USAF Senior Airman Rylan K. Albright)

Iran Faces Renewed Afghan Dam Sabotage Claims

Bakhshabad dam key to prosperity of western region, but would divert water away from Afghanistan’s neighbour.

Civilians in Wardak province report that the Taleban are more in evidence than local government officials. (Photo: ISAF Public Affairs)

"Powerful" Report on Taleban Gains

(Photo: IWPR)

Cell Phone Project Bolsters Election Coverage

Villagers tend their fields in Kapisa province. (Photo: ISAF Public Affairs)

Afghans Complain of Police Harassment

Kapisa residents say they wish police officers behaved as well as their military counterparts.

Pakistan Programme Gets International Coverage

More Madrassas Keen on Open Minds

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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

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