Middle East

Amulet Makers Work Their Charms

Love potions and other traditional mystical remedies are growing in popularity, to the annoyance of many Islamic scholars.

21 Feb 05

Powerful new broadcasting equipment will bring the power of television to areas that have never experienced it.

21 Feb 05

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

21 Feb 05

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

21 Feb 05

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

21 Feb 05

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

21 Feb 05

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

21 Feb 05

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

21 Feb 05

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

21 Feb 05

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

21 Feb 05

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