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Villagers in western Afghanistan say new local defence forces create threats, not security. (Photo: ISAF/Laura K. Smith)

Afghan Village Militias Accused of Abuses

Local defence units said to be turning on villagers rather than providing security.

Hunger Strike Over Afghan Jail Conditions

Inmates of prison in northern province complain of inhumane levels of overcrowding.

Mazar-e Sharif used to be regarded as safe, but businessmen here and in other parts of northern Afghanistan are increasingly at risk of being kidnapped. (Photo: Daniella Peled)

Kidnapping on Rise in Afghan North

Businessmen increasingly targeted in crime wave that experts warn will harm economic prospects.

Afghan Runaways Flee Forced Marriages

Women often jailed for trying to escape coercive arranged matches.

Tajikistan: Islamic Students Told to Come Home

Government fears radicalisation of thousands of seminary students abroad.

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Promoting Debate on Philippine Abuses

IWPR project aimed at combating climate of impunity over extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances featured on website of leading Philippine broadcaster.

Common myna, a species valued by Afghans more as a supreme pest-control agent than for its ability to talk. (Photo: Yotam Orchan, Assaf Shwartz)

Birdlife Disappears From Afghan Landscape

Farmers concerned that poaching of predator species allows pests to get out of control.

Kabul's Stray Dogs Create Havoc

Municipality struggles to control packs of feral dogs plaguing residents and risking public health

Marjah residents say they remain vulnerable to Taleben intimidation, despite a coalition campaign to drive them out of the area earlier this year. (Photo: ISAFMedia)

Marjah Civilians Take Up Arms Against Taleban

Villagers say they have pushed out the insurgents, enabling them to get medical care and send their children to school.

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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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