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The Forgotten Victims - Trailer

Trailer for IWPR documentary on war crimes committed in Afghanistan over two decades.

Tracking Down Shady Passport Trade in Afghanistan

Clandestine meetings and confrontational officials make pinning down details of illicit passport sales a difficult job.

IWPR Afghanistan country director Noorrahman Rahmani interviewed after the Kabul screening of “Forgotten Victims”. (Photo: IWPR)

Afghanistan: IWPR Film Tackles Past Atrocities

Documentary helps some come to terms with the past, and younger audience to find out more about it.

Mukarram Khan Atif reporting from his home Mohmand Agency. Photo courtesy of Voice of America. (Copyright VOA)

Pakistani Journalist Stood For Truth – and Died For It

Leading reporter Mukarram Khan Atif murdered by Taleban gunmen while at prayer.

REPORT: RTS Bombing Case Opened

Relatives of media workers killed in the NATO attack on Radio Television Serbia, along with one survivor, bring a case before the European human rights court.

Report Helps to Resolve Afghan Police Problems

IWPR story revealed that members of village security forces in Kapisa province were quitting over poor pay and equipment.

Story Prompts Fall in Afghan Police Harassment

IWPR report revealed that Herat officers had been allegedly infringing rights of unmarried couples.

Tajiks, Afghans Resolve Local Water Tensions

Story Behind the Story

Local Reconstruction Effort Goes Awry

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