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AFGHANISTAN

Desperation drives Afghan women to suicide by fire

In the refined and historic Afghan city of Herat, 67 young women have been admitted to the main hospital this year after setting themselves on fire.

  • Lynne ODonnell
6 min read
Afghanistan to vote in shadow of rising Taliban insurgency
AFGHANISTAN

Afghanistan to vote in shadow of rising Taliban insurgency

Millions of Afghans are expected to defy Taliban threats and vote in a poll on Saturday seen as a crucial step towards building democracy.

  • Lynne ODonnell
4 min read
AFGHANISTAN

Afghan drug cartels, officials squeeze poppy farmers

Like farmers the world over Haji Afzal has locked in the price for his crop. Afzal was paid $5 000 by a middleman for a drugs cartel.

  • Lynne ODonnell
6 min read
AFGHANISTAN

Suicide attack near Kabul hotel kills eight

A suicide bomber struck an upmarket district of Kabul on Tuesday near a hotel and guest house frequented by foreigners, killing eight people

  • Lynne ODonnell
4 min read
BEICHUAN

Troops scramble to drain swelling China quake lake

Troops armed with dynamite scrambled on Tuesday to blast through a huge wall of debris that is damming a rising quake lake in south-west China and putting more than a million…

  • Lynne ODonnell
3 min read