Middle East

Harsh Lessons at Balkh University

Students at Afghanistan’s second-largest campus are struggling with outdated materials, poor facilities and substandard lodgings.

3 Mar 05

A shortage of trained physicians leads to many unqualified individuals offering medical treatment, often with disastrous results.

3 Mar 05

The controversial commander Abdul Rashid Dostum has little chance of winning votes outside his own constituency.

3 Mar 05

After missing the 2000 games entirely, Afghanistan has produced a squad that includes women for the first time.

3 Mar 05

Accused of allowing young men to view movies containing sex and violence, local and national agencies join forces to put them out of business.

3 Mar 05

The sudden closure of camps along the Pakistan-Afghan border drove thousands into a danger region beyond the reach of relief agencies.

3 Mar 05

Kabulis try to circumvent government bid to take the spice out of Indian movies broadcast on Afghan television.

3 Mar 05

Afghanistan looks to foreign visitors - and their money - to boost the country and its economy.

3 Mar 05

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

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