Nato says it has made significant advances
against the Taliban in recent months
particularly in the country's violent Helmand
province. There reconstruction projects have
started in an attempt to cement military
advances and establish a degree of stability
in the region. But as Al Jazeera's Hamish
Macdonald found in the Sangin Valley, the
reality is that security remains a distant
hope for most of the people in Helmand
province. Tags :HelmandprovinceAfghanistanNatoTalibanAlJazeeraAljazeeraHamishMacdonald
This video shows regions of southern China
along the border to Laos and Burma. The local
tribes have produced tea here for many
generations from old tea forests as well as
newly cultivated bushes. Tags :TeaChinaPu-erhYunnan