Iran

Herat Firms in Trouble

Companies say they’re going to the wall because the government is failing to protect them from cheap Iranian imports.

5 Oct 05

Caspian Shoreline Plundered

Illegal sand extraction on Azerbaijan’s Apsheron coast is a profitable business for boomtown Baku’s building industry.

1 Sep 05

Azerbaijan: Refugees Dream of Home

Memories of the past sustain refugees from the Karabakh war, still struggling after more than a decade to adapt to their harsh new life.

12 Jul 05

Miracle Surgeon

Amid the despair of Kabul's under-resourced hospitals, an Afghan surgeon is working small miracles.

28 Apr 05

Refugee Return Overwhelms Aid Agencies

The homecoming of the former king captured the headlines last week, but hundreds of thousands of ordinary Afghans are also returning home, though in less salubrious circumstances and from less comfortable refuges.

28 Apr 05

Khan Stifles Local Press

Information-starved residents of Herat resort to reading Kabul newspapers to find out what's going on

3 Mar 05
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