Middle East

Youth Turn to Western Fashions

Some are turning in their blue burkas for blue jeans, while others are going for the latest hairstyles.

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

Four Afghan students win top prizes in international competition and change some minds in the process.

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

US wanted adverts for Osama bin Laden and Mullah Omar come up against Afghan conspiracy theories.

18 Nov 05

Ground-breaking television channel attracts both praise and threats.

18 Nov 05

For Afghan women to get out of the home and onto the hustings takes some encouragement and some new-found courage.

18 Nov 05

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