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Girls at school
Life in Afghanistan
Key facts, figures and graphics about the people, economy, health, education and politics of the troubled country.

FEATURES, VIEWS, ANALYSIS
Afghanistan Central Highlands Winter hardship
Looming food crisis in the Saighan Valley
Taleban militants on bikes near Wardak On the doorstep
The Taleban are getting closer and closer to Kabul
Hamid Karzai Karzai interview
The president talks of past mistakes and a better future

LIFE IN AFGHANISTAN

Patrolling in Sangin town Constant violence blocks progress
Security problems undermine development in Helmand

Three bloody summers
Bombing drives allies apart
Fighting the Taleban with literacy
Struggle to save mothers
Arming the Taleban
BACKGROUND

US troops in Afghanistan Countering '20-year' war against Taleban
The US is developing new policies to avoid a long war

Afghan-Pakistan militant nexus
Afghanistan's turbulent history
Quick guide: Afghanistan
Who are the Taleban?
Isaf troops explained

FEATURES, VIEWS, ANALYSIS
Taleban fighter Talking peace
Could negotiations get underway in Afghanistan?
A truck in Afghanistan Bribery rules
What does it cost to get across Afghanistan?
Afghan refugee boy Conflict and chaos
Recent Afghan history by those who lived through it

BRITISH TROOPS
New realism in Afghanistan rhetoric
Britons call for troop withdrawal
'Extra UK troops' for Afghanistan
UK soldiers 'like sitting ducks'
British military fatalities in Afghanistan
Bloodiest year so far in Afghanistan
'Managing' the Afghan insurgency
VOICES FROM THE REGION
04 Sept 08 Living near unstable borders
People in most restive regions of Pakistan and Afghanistan talk about their experiences
IN VIDEO
Royal Marines On patrol in Afghan market

Heroin production Afghan anti-drugs police unpaid

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