Central Asia

Kabul Power Struggle

Afghanistan looks to international community to make good its promises to rebuild the country’s crumbling electricity system.

3 Mar 05

A lasting peace may be the only way of stemming the flood of Afghan asylum seekers.

3 Mar 05

A new government department is set to tackle the opium trade – but will it prevail?

3 Mar 05

Three years on, some regret the loss of life in the attack on the United States, while others remain supportive of Osama Bin Laden.

3 Mar 05

The transitional administration is trying to re-establish trading links with Tajikistan.

3 Mar 05

Plans to build a road along an ancient trading route may boost the country’s economic prospects.

3 Mar 05

Locusts are wreaking havoc in the once thriving farmlands of Kunduz province.

3 Mar 05

Doctors are struggling to stem a malaria outbreak that’s ravaging the country’s rural poor.

3 Mar 05

Merchants fear a downturn after a suicide attack on a street frequented by foreigners.

2 Mar 05

Afghan reporters surprised at frank debate between political rivals and high levels of support for the opposition in United States election.

2 Mar 05

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