KABUL - It’s not just Afghanistan’s police and elections officials who are being trained for the forthcoming presidential and provincial elections.

9 June 2009 - A total of fifty seven candidates from more than 3,000 for this year’s elections in Afghanistan have been disqualified from taking part in the polls.

KABUL - Nearly 10,000 people who fled fighting and drought conditions eight years ago in the north and west of Afghanistan are heading back home.