Taleban Silence Helmand's Musicians
Musicians say they are losing their livelihoods because of Taleban strictures.
Musicians say they are losing their livelihoods because of Taleban strictures.
The Yezidi minority has so far stayed well out of Iraq’s internecine battles, but violence with their Muslim neighbours has escalated following the murder of a girl who apparently converted to Islam.
Leading academic and writer Kanan Makiya argues that without a leadership ready to move beyond sectarian politics, nothing is possible, least of all the defeat of the insurgency. <i><b><a href="http://www.iwpr.net/archive/igr/igr_000.pdf">Iraqi Governanc
IWPR reporter confirms that there is nothing left of the celebrated stone crosses of Jugha.
The war-shattered economy has prompted hundreds of thousands of impoverished Tajiks to abandon their country.
Blagojevic and Jokic cleared of counts relating to personal involvement in the massacre.
As city residents still reel at the shock of a day of violence, some voice fears of longer-term instability.
City force caught between Coalition and followers of Muqtada al-Sadr.