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IWPR Afghan Programme: Afghan Humanitarian Reporting and Journalists' Training Programme This programme supports the recovery of the Afghan media by training journalists, syndicating articles on humanitarian recovery and democratisation to the local press, and supporting joint research and other projects with regional publications and training institutions.
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Afghanistan: May '09
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Afghanistan: Apr '09
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24 Jun 09 | Afghan Recovery Report  323
Independent electoral commission says few of those competing for the post are eligible to do so.
By Sayed Yaqub Ibrahimi in Kabul (ARR No. 323, 24-June-09)
Female journalists stay at home or change profession because of attacks.
By Shapoor Saber in Herat (ARR No. 323, 24-June-09)
 
Recent reports
17 Jun 09 | Afghan Recovery Report  322
Could world’s most expensive spice be answer to search for alternative to poppy cultivation?
By Farooq Faizi in Heart (ARR No. 322, 19-June-09)
Locals say they will find way round new curbs on drinking.
By Sayed Yaqub Ibrahimi in Kabul (ARR No. 322, 17-June-09)
Afghan Jogi, sometimes known as gypsies, have few legal rights, despite having been in Afghanistan for hundreds of years.
By Najibullah Frotan in Balkh (ARR No. 322, 17-June-09)
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Project Highlights
IWPR seeking to bridge gap between classroom studies and daily practice in Herat.
By Abaceen Nasimi in Kabul (22-Jun-09)
6 Jun 09 | Afghan Recovery Report  321
The much-anticipated Cairo speech failed to convince sceptical Afghans that real change was possible.
By Sayed Yaqub Ibrahimi in Kabul (ARR No. 321, 9-June-09)
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Legal aid groups help women escape abusive husbands – but some argue separation not always best course of action.
By Shapoor Saber in Heart (ARR No. 321, 6-June-09)
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Buoyed by new airstrip, some officials hope to see tourists – but realists just pleased they can export local produce.
By Mohammad Ilyas Dayee in Helmand (ARR No. 321, 11-June-09)
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26 May 09 | Afghan Recovery Report  320
Special Report
America pledges to reduce price paid by civilians in war against Taleban, but disputes Afghan estimates for Farah airstrike death toll.
By Shapoor Saber and Fetrat Zerak in Farah and Abaceen Nasimi in Kabul (ARR No. 320, 28-May-09)
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Afghanistan is joining its neighbours to devise a regional solution to their common crisis – but will it amount to much?
By Sayed Yaqub Ibrahimi in Mazar-e Sharif (ARR No. 320, 28-May-09)
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Project Highlights
Countrywide training workshops draw journalists from remote provinces into the IWPR reporting network.
By IWPR staff (26-May-09)
Reporting Impact
IWPR growing reputation in Afghanistan highlighted by meeting with top US envoy for the region.
By Abaceen Nasimi, IWPR Afghanistan project manager (26-May-09)
16 Apr 09 | Afghan Recovery Report  319
Impoverished young men struggling to find work hired by insurgents as part-time fighters.
By Fetrat Zerak in Farah (ARR No. 319, 23-Apr-09)
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Findings suggest five men killed by US forces in counter-insurgency operation had no extremist connections.
By IWPR reporters in Kunduz (ARR No. 319, 16-Apr-09)
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Officials in west of country seeing more and more Iranian-made weapons in hands of insurgents.
By an IWPR trainee-reporter in Herat (ARR No. 319, 20-Apr-09)
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The high cost of walwar, or bride price, is preventing many young men and women from getting married.
By Mohammad Zamir Sapai in Balkh and Wahidullah Omaryar in Ghazni (ARR No. 319, 26-Apr-09)
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Project Highlights
Project training programme gets off ground ahead of August's presidential poll.
By IWPR staff


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Highlights
Fund for the Family of Slain Afghan Journalist Javed "Jojo" Yazamy
IWPR Comment
Karzai's Great Gamble
Special Report:
Afghanistan Tries to Hide Troubled Past
Fears Over “Islamicisation” of Afghan Judiciary
Story Behind the Story
Afghan Reporter Sentenced to Death for Blasphemy
IWPR Condemns Afghan Journalist’s Death Sentence
In the News
Asia Times OnlineExperts say that saffron is being grown in 16 provinces of Afghanistan, but the bulk of the product comes from Herat, in the west of the country, reports IWPR trainee Farooq Faizi.
Philadelphia InquirerEmad Al-shara, an IWPR-trained journalist in Iraq, says spate of attacks largely directed at Baghdad's Shia fueling concerns that sectarian and political violence may be returning to city.
IWPR international justice reporter Katy Glassborow speaks to the BBC World Service Focus on Africa programme about Darfur rebel leader Abu Garda's initial appearance at the International Criminal Court.
Globa and MailIn First Kill Your Family, [IWPR] journalist and Africa hand Peter Eichstaedt offers shocking details from the first-hand experiences of people who have participated in the war in northern Uganda as children and adults.
The IndependentLisa Clifford, a reporter for IWPR, says the Al-Bashir arrest warrant and other controversies have damaged the reputation of the international criminal court.
The IndependentIn southern provinces [of Afghanistan], up to 70 per cent of Taliban fighters are non-ideological unemployed young men given a gun before each attack and paid a pittance according to a report by IWPR.
National Post logo"The Taliban, for all their faults, have proven to have a fairly sophisticated media policy," said Jean MacKenzie, IWPR Afghanistan director.
Past Highlights
DFID Afghanistan Project Report
IWPR's Handbook for Local Journalists
Afghan Photo Diary by James Hill
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