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Spread of AIDS a Growing Concern

Although number of sufferers is small, Afghanistan is seen as country where virus may thrive.

Tensions Mounting in Herat

Arrests and executions reported in western city following a clash between governor Ismail Khan and a local army commander.

Girls Get a Kick Out of Sports

Along with other new-found freedoms, young women are getting a chance to participate in sports such as football.

Abused Women Driven to Suicide

Self-immolation is seen as the only way out for some who suffer physical violence and sexual abuse at the hands of their families.

Constitution Delayed

Officials insist next year's elections are on track despite Loya Jirga postponement.

Blasphemy Editor Unrepentant

Journalist has “no regrets” over writing allegedly un-Islamic article that could cost him his life.

Thirsty Town Taps Into Iran

Drought-stricken border region looks around for vital water supplies.

Child Kidnapping Rife

Hundreds of children are abducted every year but so far the government has been unable to stop the problem.

Peace Summit May Bar Ba'athists and Radicals

Conference delegates won’t sit down to talk to groups they deem to be terrorists.

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The sister of Aurelio Cruz López holds a sign used in the search for the young man, who disappeared along the U.S.-Mexico border. © Andrea Godínez

Araceli cries while talking about her brother who disappeared along the border and whose remains were repatriated. © Andrea Godínez

Cecilia Delgado Grijalva is a buscadora (name adopted by mothers and relatives of missing persons who are devoted to finding the remains of their loves ones) and founder of Buscadoras por la Paz (Searchers for Peace), in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico. © Andrea Godínez

A search for family members gone missing in Sonora, Mexico. © Andrea Godínez

The portion of Evergreen Cemetery in Tucson, Arizona where deceased migrants whose remains are not claimed by their families are buried. © © Andrea Godínez

Gene Hernández, forensic examiner at the Pima County morgue, inside the trailer that holds the remains of migrants who perished along the border. © Andrea Godínez

Gene Hernández, a forensic medical investigator in Pima County, holds the skull of a deceased migrant. © Andrea Godínez

Román Coc holds photos of his daughter Laura, who disappeared in the Arizona desert 13 years ago. © Andrea Godínez

A photograph shows Laura Coc (far right), a young woman from Guatemala, posing during a beauty pageant. © Andrea Godínez

There are no statistics on cases of femicide - the killing of women on the grounds of hatred of women, with the acquiescence of the state - in Uzbekistan.

Artwork by Mays Al-Saray.

'Hope of Mother', an organization led by Lisbeth Surita, has registered 48 cases of Venezuelans missing in the border regions.

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