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Page last updated at 11:07 GMT, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 12:07 UK

Soutik Biswas surrounded by young villagers from Asad Kyhl

Afghan village mirrors national plight

The BBC's Soutik Biswas looks back on the day he linked an Afghan village with readers around the world.

Day in Asad Khyl

In pictures: Afghan village

360 village panorama

ON THE DAY COVERAGE

Events at-a-glance

Daily lives around Afghanistan

Media and comment

The day in pictures

The day in figures

About One Day in Afghanistan

PHOTO JOURNALS

Remote maternity hospital

UN political worker

Afghan election candidate

DAILY LIVES

Language teacher
Sultan Ahmed Liewl on his work, low pay and optimism

School students
Kabul girls Raziya and Yasamin discuss homework and sport

Abdul Hameedi, Kandahari singer

Gen. Haji Said, prison governor

Saima, widow and dairy farmer

BACKGROUND

Afghanistan's post-Taleban media

Afghanistan's security challenges

Afghanistan - Country profile

Afghanistan quick guide

Map of Afghanistan

In depth: Afghanistan's future

Orphanage head
Seema Ghani cares for 16 of Afghanistan's parentless children

National footballer
Maroof Gulistani, 19, works, studies and plays for his country

Dr H Bahrustani, maternity doctor

Mohamad Amin, water engineer

Nahid Mirzad, policewoman

FACTS AND FIGURES

Harsh realities

Guide to living conditions in post-war Afghanistan.

HAVE YOUR SAY

Step by step our country will change - as every water drop makes a sea. We will change our country into a democratic country.

Yasmeen, Kabul, Afghanistan

What does the future hold?

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VIDEO AND AUDIO NEWS

Afghans talk about their hopes and fears

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