Pakistan

Rug Industry Floored By Imports

A flood of cheap Iranian-made carpets is putting many poor Afghan craftsmen out of business.

2 Mar 05

The authorities face a difficult task transforming thousands of former soldiers into professional policemen.

2 Mar 05

Planning minister says most domestic and international aid organisations are more interested in their own well-being than in aiding Afghans.

2 Mar 05

Poverty, desperation and poor leadership are combining to deplete one of Afghanistan’s most profitable exports: the root sap called hing.

2 Mar 05

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

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

2 Mar 05

Rug weavers and merchants display their wares at northern fair, but admit they have some way to go to recover market position at home and abroad.

2 Mar 05

A nation better known for supplying narcotics to the world market is discovering it has an increasing drugs problem in its own back yard.

2 Mar 05

Events of 25 years ago are indelibly etched on many people’s minds.

2 Mar 05

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