Forcible Expulsions From Iran Put Pressure on Kabul
Legal refugees as well as illegal aliens are swept up and dumped on the Afghan border.
21 May 07
Iran
Drugs Court Gets Mixed Reviews
The government’s attempt to fast-track drug offenders has secured some convictions, though some suspect the big players are too powerful to be caught.
28 Apr 07
Brides Pay High Price
Campaigners urge an end to the practice of exchange marriage which, although in decline, continues to destroy the lives of young girls.
11 Apr 07
Karzai Talks Tough in Helmand
The president delivers a tough-love speech in the troubled province, calling on residents to take responsibility for their own security.
11 Apr 07
Afghanistan's Poppy Conundrum
This year’s eradication campaign in Helmand seems to be accomplishing little except beefing up support for the Taleban.
20 Mar 07
Tajik Museum Collections Under Threat
Art and antiquities vulnerable to thieves, damp and bookworms.
7 Mar 07
Security Crisis Puts Paid to Baghdad Wedding Joy
Once lively, loud occasions, marriage ceremonies are now restrained, rather downbeat affairs.
22 Dec 06
Left on the Shelf
The number of so-called old maids, or unmarried women, in Iraq has increased over the last two decades.
20 Dec 06
Turkmen Army Unfit for Service
Army recruiters in Turkmenistan will take anyone, no matter how unfit, to fill the ranks of an army whose main job is to provide a free labour force. IWPR has learned that the military is even calling up people with disabilities in its desperate attempt t
18 Dec 06
Turkmen-Iran Free Trade Zone Withers
Hopes that business and cultural links would be boosted have been dashed by lack of interest from both Turkmen and Iranian governments.
15 Dec 06
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