Salih Mohammad Salih is a correspondent and producer for RFE/RL's Radio Free Afghanistan.
For almost two years, hundreds of Afghan refugees have been stuck in Albania awaiting a green light to move to the United States. As they bide their time in the coastal resort of Shengjin, some have found work as cooks in tourist restaurants.
In southern Afghanistan, local tradition dictates that the birth of a newborn son be celebrated with an ancient ceremony. Now, one writer from Kandahar has broken the centuries-old tradition by performing the ceremony for his newborn daughter.
A key road that once symbolized renewal and progress in Afghanistan has become a hunting ground for a resurgent Taliban. A lot has changed since Highway One's much-heralded reconstruction in 2003.
