RFE/RL Afghanistan Report 5/26/2010 A review of RFE/RL reporting and analysis about Afghanistan. For more stories on Afghanistan, please visit and bookmark our Afghanistan page . |
Afghan Peace Jirga Pushed Back Again Afghanistan has pushed back a national conference aimed at reaching a peace deal with militants who are willing to stop fighting. More The Amu Darya, Central Asia's longest river, demarcates much of northern Afghanistan's border. But it is an unstable frontier that shifts as the river changes course, causing deadly land disputes. More In a fresh episode of escalating violence, NATO says at least 10 militants were killed when insurgents attacked Bagram air base north of Kabul, a day after a suicide bomber attacked a NATO-led military convoy in the capital. More |