Iran

Winter Takes Toll on Refugees Living in Kabul

Desperate conditions continue for displaced people who cannot to go home.

18 Nov 05

Officials hope reforestation programme will revive northern province’s economy and restore a local tradition.

18 Nov 05

Bodies still lost in the mountains a month after Afghanistan’s worst air disaster.

18 Nov 05

Afghanistan's first women’s team looks forward to performing on the international stage.

18 Nov 05

Departing United States ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad has played a major role in formation of the current government.

18 Nov 05

Western province becomes first to impose ban on smoking in government offices, but so far officials failing to enforce the law.

18 Nov 05

To a visitor from Kabul, the western city of Herat seems like paradise.

18 Nov 05

They may look out of place, but 300 new telephone booths are giving the capital's poorer residents a chance to contact relatives cheaply.

18 Nov 05

Parliament and politics mean little to the people forced to live in caves beside the remains of Bamian's giant Buddhas.

18 Nov 05

Ground-breaking television channel attracts both praise and threats.

18 Nov 05

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