Afghanistan

Fired Officials Defy Karzai

Several provincial administrators dismissed by the president are refusing to go quietly.

2 Mar 05

The women of this eastern backwater do all the men's work and no-one - not even the Taleban - has ever been able to change them.

2 Mar 05

Authorities appear to be losing their battle against smugglers of antiquities.

2 Mar 05

Fed up with the way they're treated, scores of disabled take to the street to demand a better deal from the authorities.

2 Mar 05

Kabuli workers risk their health - and lives - eating from the capital's unhygienic food stalls.

2 Mar 05

A dedicated team of Afghan trainers and their dogs are perfecting techniques that are now in demand in trouble spots across the world.

2 Mar 05

Local commanders in Afghan provinces are pressuring judges to imprison people on trumped-up charges.

2 Mar 05

Prominent Kabul editor imprisoned for cartoon that appears to lampoon President Karzai

2 Mar 05

Residents of Kunar and Nangarhar blame aerial eradication of opium poppies for an outbreak of illness, and the government promises to investigate.

2 Mar 05

The government’s move to limit the type of programmes that can be shown may simply drive viewers to watch unregulated satellite TV.

2 Mar 05

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