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Media mogul makes his mark in a troubled land

Melbourne-raised Saad Mohseni is forging an empire in his homeland of Afghanistan

Why Farnood was flushed out of Kabulbank

In the battle to rebuild war-torn Afghanistan, Kabulbank inserted itself as a key player, building the country's largest deposit base and becoming the payment agent for many government enterprises. But a run on the bank in August led to the ousting of colourful poker-playing bank owner Sherkhan Farnood. What does this mean for the country's banking sector?

Don't bet on Kabul Bank
On the verge of collapse, Kabul Bank operates in a financial system we would barely recognise

Afghanistan needs an economic leader

The Karzai regime has lost the will to rule

Afghanistan doesn’t have to be Obama’s Vietnam

Eric Ellis presents his seven-point plan to halt the country’s eight-year decline

Afghanistan's Central Bank numbers crunched by Indian accountant

WE ALL know Iraq’s bad but to hear many experts tell it, Afghanistan is the genuine headache of the age, military and economic

Banking Afghan-style

PERHAPS the best way to view Corporate Afghanistan — there’s a term you don’t often hear — is to regard it as a never-ending spigot draining sovereign wealth funds into the world’s biggest tax haven

Hot spots, pot shots and gold pots for the brazen and the bold 
Compile a fake CV, head for a war zone, and a fortune in taxpayers' dollars can be yours

A short walk with Eric Newby

Warriors with scimitars and muskets have given way to warlords with AK-47s and mobile phones, but there are still hidden valleys of timeless peace and beauty

Afghanomics

Five years after the war, Kabul is showing signs of economic life. But making money there is still risky business

Afghanistan Gets Back To Business

The country’s newly revitalized banking system throws up colourful characters and eccentric approaches to marketing. But overseeing it all is a rigorous central banker with solid US commercial banking experience

Defending Afghanistan

With books about George Washington arrayed on a shelf behind him in his office in Kabul, Afghan President Hamid Karzai talked to FORTUNE recently about the nation-building challenges that still confront his country five years after the fall of the Taliban

Warlords & Peace

A weak president, untouchable warlords and a resurgent Taliban are dooming Afghanistan to an endless cycle of violence and corruption, funded by Australian aid and protected by our troops, as Eric Ellis reports from Kabul

Karzai: One term is enough

The first democratically elected Afghan president suggests he won't run again -- and gives a frank assessment of his first five years on the job

Good Morning Kabul

In Kabul, a feature window and a bakery illustrate Afghanistan’s decline

Cobbling a Media Empire in Kabul

Saad Mohseni works the departure at Dubai’s Terminal 2 like a Davos pro

Kaboom Town

It’s election time in Kabul and a motley assortment of carpet-baggers, do-gooders and telephone salesmen are gathering for the big day.

Wireless Wars

How a frozen-food salesman from New Jersey - a former refugee from war-torn Afghanistan - built his country's largest wireless network

Death and Taxes in Kabul

Finance Minister Ashraf Ghani is battling warlords, cabinet colleagues, indifferent global donors and stomach cancer as he struggles to salvage Afghanistan’s ravaged economy. If he fails, the world could pay an enormous price. Eric Ellis reports from Kabul