South Asia

Security

Counterproductive action

Pop music

“The real leaders of Afghans”

Novelists

“In the constituency, it doesn’t matter”

Comment

A lot still to be done

Poverty alleviation

“Employment in lean seasons”

Leather processing

Old industry, ­very slow change

Women’s rights

The Constitution can wait

Comment

A severe blow

NATO

“At the moment, hardly anything is being built”