 RFE/RL Afghanistan Report 9/15/2010 5:48:14 PM A review of RFE/RL reporting and analysis about Afghanistan. For more stories on Afghanistan, please visit and bookmark our Afghanistan page . |
 Long-Shot Kabul Candidate Runs On Activism, Not Politics Of Gender A virtual unknown with shaky local ties and an iffy command of Afghanistan's official languages races to build herself a reputation for activism in time for national elections. More  Afghan's Female Candidates Urge Kabul To Ensure Fair Elections Women running for seats in the Afghan parliament have called on the government to prevent electoral fraud and corruption less than one week before nationwide elections. More  TAPI: An Idea Whose Time Hasn't Quite Yet Come It's been a dream on a map for more than a decade, a project that could provide thousands of badly needed jobs and a reliable source of energy that could benefit millions in instable areas of southern Asia. TAPI -- the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India natural gas pipeline -- has proven as elusive a quest as any in the long history of the region. More  'Fake Poll Cards'' Worry Afghanistan The Afghan Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC) has expressed concern over a report that some printing houses in Pakistan have been involved in "illegally publishing" ballot papers for the September 18 parliamentary elections in Afghanistan. More  'Peace Art' Exhibit Opens In Afghan Capital An exhibition of young Afghan artists has opened to viewers at Babur Garden in the western part of Kabul with the aim of "promoting a message of peace to Afghans." More |
