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Kabulis Vent Grievances

Protest over government's record on pay and employment also hears anti-American sentiments.

Karzai Elected President

As expected, Hamed Karzai has been elected head of Afghanistan's transitional government at the grand assembly.

Minorities Make Themselves Heard

The country's smaller ethnic communities are keen to have their say at the grand assembly.

Perilous Road to Iran

Desperate to get to Iran, Afghans entrust their money and lives to smugglers.

Protest Ban Angers Students

Students in Jalalabad say campus clampdown is a blow for democracy.

Tough Cure for Mental Problems

People with psychological problems are chained up at a holy shrine, hoping traditional methods will cure them.

Instability Threatens Reconstruction

Efforts to rebuild Afghanistan are being undermined by warlordism and the resurgence of the Taleban.

Kandahar's Confused Censors

Clerics in Kandahar are confiscating books right, left and centre, and it's not always clear why.

'Blasphemy' Journalists Released

Two Kabul editors accused of insulting Islam released, but likely to face trial.

Global Voices: Middle East & North Africa

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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