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	Afghan National Army
	As the US and Nato prepare to start withdrawing from Afghanistan, the ANA is still far from ready to take over security.

	On The Borderline
	One of the Iraq war's enduring issues of contention - that of insurgents crossing the frontier from Syria - may be coming to a close.

	Home
	Kabul suffers from a severe housing shortage that has left some families living in derelict buildings, with their hope for a better future running out

	The Other Side of Summer
	When the summer tourist season gives way to the cold winds of winter Latakia, a resort town on Syrian's Mediterranean coast, takes on a new life.

	Suddenly She Goes Crazy And Tries To Run
	For many women in northern Afghanistan, the dangers have increased since the fall of the Taliban regime.

	Prisoners of War
	Afghanistan has long been the laboratory for America's post 9/11 approach to prisoners of war. For many, justice remains as elusive as ever under the Obama administration.

	Mosul: A City Still at War
	Mosul is a devastated cityscape. Soldiers, deployed on the restive east side, still man bleak outposts, crouched behind machine guns and scarred blast shields, fingers on triggers. While the US military celebrates newfound stability elsewhere in Iraq, bombings, shootings and kidnappings remain commonplace here.

	Highway One
	Highway One is the most important road in Afghanistan. The battle for who controls it is a routine struggle of boredom, fear and extreme violence.

	Drug Addiction
	Infamous as the world's main supplier of opium, Afghanistan now faces its own drug addiction problem.

	Change
	The powerful elite that monopolised oil-rich Iraqi Kurdistan for two decades was delivered a shock in the July 2009 elections. For the first time, voters turned out in large numbers to support a new political party, one promising change.

	Collateral Damage
	Caught between a growing insurgency and an expanding occupation, Afghan civilians are dying at record levels.

	The Last Arab State
	Despite a recent diplomatic thaw, Syria is the only country in the Arab Middle East that can truly claim to be independent from the US, and Damascus remains an obstacle to American regional ambitions.

	Taliban Revival
	The Taliban never actually went away. Now they are well and truly back.

	The House of Dignity
	This Syrian asylum is neither an old age home nor a mental institution, although it serves some functions of both. Within its walls live men and women who have failed — or refused — to live life according to society's rules.

	Warlords
	Instead of standing trial for their crimes, the warlords who once brutalised Afghanistan are a central part of the new pro-American government.

	Kut Central Prison
	Inside Iraq's detention centers, where "fairness isn’t high on the list of priorities.”

	Dispatch from Kunduz
	Kunduz, once considered safe, is being sucked into Afghanistan's widening war.

	Sons of Iraq
	Portraits of insurgents turned peace-keepers in the 'triangle of death'.

	Islamic Schools in Syria
	Private Islamic schools in Syria, once largely unregulated, are being brought under tight control after a former student took part in a suicide bombing in Damascus that left 17 people dead.

	An Awakening in the 'Triangle of Death'
	How an uneasy calm came to settle over one of Iraq's most dangerous regions.

	The 101st
	Soldiers of the 101st Airborne stationed in the 'triangle of death'.