A newly released assessment of the Afghan media, conducted by Altai Consulting with funding from USAID, is noteworthy for a couple of reasons. First, its findings shed valuable light on the current state of Afghanistan's media, as well as Afghans' perceptions of the media. One of the more interesting findings is that many Afghans praise state-run network RTA, despite its government bias, partly because the privately run stations are considered too "uncontrolled."

The study, the first large-scale survey of mental health among young people in Afghanistan, found that one in five schoolchildren in northern Afghanistan is likely to suffer from a psychiatric disorder, and that day-to-day violence and stress were as much the cause of the children’s suffering as the war-related brutalities they witnessed.
Extensive coverage including Daily Telegraph, BBC, Channel 4, etc.

Emmanuel de Dinechin comments on Afghanistan's economic situation and perpectives.

Altai Consulting has been awarded the Prize for Best French Presence Overseas by the French Senate for its 5-year work in Central Asia.

[...] L'un part en mission à la frontière du Pakistan, le deuxième a plusieurs rendez-vous, le troisième, fébrile sur son ordinateur, doit conclure un rapport... On est pourtant à Kaboul. Pas à Londres, Paris ou New York ! Comment imaginer que, dans un pays considéré comme l'un des plus pauvres du monde, de jeunes entrepreneurs mènent une activité si trépidante ?