Karzai in Taleban Storm
President’s backing for certain members of former regime provokes outrage.
President’s backing for certain members of former regime provokes outrage.
After nine players abandon their football team during a tour of Italy, doubt is cast on whether teams will be invited to compete in western European countries again.
Could election of grand assembly head represent first signs of the rebirth of democracy in Afghanistan?
As expected, Hamed Karzai has been elected head of Afghanistan's transitional government at the grand assembly.
In his first speech as the new president of Afghanistan, Hamed Karzai is tough with international donors but vague on the country' still powerful warlords.
The country's smaller ethnic communities are keen to have their say at the grand assembly.
Government plans to encourage foreign investment are hampered by, amongst other things, the absence of a private banking system and labyrinthine bureaucracy.
Indian and Afghan filmmakers are back in Kabul, hoping to cash in on an audience starved of cinema.
People with psychological problems are chained up at a holy shrine, hoping traditional methods will cure them.
High levels of dust and fumes prompt UN to launch a year-long study of air quality.