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Bamiyan Fragments Tell a Tale

New findings on how the statues were constructed and coloured

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2 Mar 2011 | BY Hartosh Singh Bal
Persecuted in Pakistan

Forced to flee by the Taliban, they remain haplessly homeless in a country where space for minorities has shrunk alarmingly

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22 Oct 2010 | BY Huma Imtiaz
Heavy Metal Attack

US forces in Marjah, Afghanistan, have hit upon the mindblowing idea of banging out tunes by bands like Metallica, Thin Lizzy and Offspring in the direction of suspected insurgent strongholds to scope out guerillas.

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15 Apr 2010 | BY Rahul Jayaram
The Devil Wore Purdah

Fashion shows are just that, not some great act of defiance, even in a country admittedly going to hell.

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9 Nov 2009 | BY Faiza S. Khan
Blood Flower

Journalist Gretchen Peters’ new book links Dawood Ibrahim to Afghanistan’s dirty money

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15 Sep 2009
Chasing a War

In his latest book, Imtiaz Gul gives a view of Al-Qaeda from within Pakistan. He speaks of tension within the terror group, and how India bungled a chance for peace in Kashmir

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2 Sep 2009 | BY Rahul Jayaram
New Pakistan Taliban Chief

Chillingly for his rivals, Hakimullah Mehsud has been compared to Idi Amin

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27 Aug 2009 | BY Avinash Subramaniam
Anatomy of a City under Attack

This correspondent does a spot of terror tourism (is there another kind possible?) on a day seven rockets fell in Kabul.

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7 Aug 2009 | BY Revati Laul
In Black, Red and Green

A war-torn Afghanistan’s hopes, fears and nightmares before a national election.

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5 Aug 2009 | BY Revati Laul
The Great Shame

The war to oust the Taliban is far more complex than military men would have you believe. But it must be waged anyway.

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29 Jul 2009 | BY Revati Laul
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