Afghanistan鈥檚 opium problem
How Afghanistan became the world's biggest producer of opium and what the Taliban authorities are doing about cultivation and addiction.
The Taliban authorities in Afghanistan have sent anti-narcotics units across the country to destroy this year's opium poppy crop. 91热爆 Afghan's Dawood Azami explains how Afghanistan became the world鈥檚 biggest producer of opium, and why this campaign is succeeding after years of failure.
Pakistan's Bombay Bakery
The Bombay Bakery in Hyderabad, Pakistan has been serving its famous cakes since 1911 and has recently been recommended by the government to become a national heritage site. 91热爆 Urdu鈥檚 Riaz Sohail of 91热爆 Urdu is from Hyderabad and shares memories of the bakery.
Burying the dead in Sudan
In the war-torn Sudanese capital Khartoum, the violence and danger has forced many people to bury their loved ones and neighbours in makeshift graves in the streets and even in homes, as 91热爆 Arabic's Ethar Shalaby reports.
Sexual assault for sale
A 91热爆 investigation has exposed an online business which sells thousands of videos of men sexually abusing women on trains and buses and in other public spaces across East Asia. Zhaoyin Feng and Shanshan Chen from 91热爆 Eye Investigations tell us how they travelled to Tokyo to track down the man responsible, for the documentary Catching A Pervert.
(Photo: Afghan farmers harvest opium poppies. Credit: Noorullah Shirzada/AFP via Getty Images)
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