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RFE/RL Afghanistan Report 8/24/2011 8:28:25 PM A review of RFE/RL reporting and analysis about Afghanistan. For more stories on Afghanistan, please visit and bookmark our Afghanistan page .

 

Captured Taliban Commander: 'I Received Iranian Training' A Taliban commander captured in southwestern Afghanistan claims to have received military training in Iran to target a major dam in the region. More   Afghans Protest UN Over Vote Dispute Up to 700 Afghans have marched through Kabul to protest against a decision by the country's election commission to throw nine lawmakers out of parliament in a dispute over vote fraud. More   Interview: U.S. Special Envoy Marc Grossman On India-Pakistan Relations And Afghanistan's Future Marc Grossman, the U.S. senior representative to Afghanistan and Pakistan, recently sat down at the State Department in Washington with Voice of America's Lina Rozbih to discuss a wide range of regional issues, from the future of Al-Qaeda and the Haqqani network to India-Pakistan relations and the recent instability in Afghanistan as the United States begins to draw down its troops. More   Nine Dead In Taliban Attack At least nine people have been killed in a Taliban attack in Kabul as the country celebrates its annual Independence Day from Britain. The attack targeting British interests is seen as aiming to profile the Taliban as a liberation force. More   On Progress In Afghanistan Who says Afghanistan has not made progress in the past 10 years? Though not by leaps and bounds, even a naive observer can see visible change in the country's politics, freedom of expression, human rights and even health, schooling and communications. More   Has Mullah Omar Been Spotted In Kabul? What if Afghanistan's most wanted leader of the Taliban, Mullah Mohammad Omar, were hiding right under President Hamid Karzai's nose in Kabul? More

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Picks The Fall Of Tripoli Images from Libya as rebels seize control of the country's capital city. More   Features Turkey's Military Strikes Could Herald Closure For Kurdish Opening Turkey claims it has killed up to 100 members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party in recent raids into northern Iraq, part of what promises to be a wider offensive. But two years after the government launched its "Kurdish opening" in a blaze of fanfare, why are such actions necessary now? More   News Heavy Fighting Continues In Tripoli; Diplomatic Activity Increases Sporadic but intense battles are being waged in the Libyan capital of Tripoli, a day after opposition forces took the compound of embattled leader Muammar Qaddafi, who remains defiant. Meanwhile, the opposition leader has met with the French president and the UN Security Council is to discuss the unfreezing of Libyan assets. More   From Our Bureaus Armenian Prosecutor Concerned Over High-Profile Robberies Armenian Prosecutor-General Aghvan Hovsepian has expressed concern over a series of high-profile robberies in Yerevan. More   Armenian Soldier's Suicide Disputed Relatives of an Armenian soldier who was found dead last week say they do not believe he committed suicide. More   Senior Kyrgyz Security Official Resigns A senior Kyrgyz security official has stepped down in protest at what he says is his agency's transformation into a "tool" to protect top officials' interests. More   Russian Boat Tragedy Witness Buried The funeral has been held for a witness in last month's Volga riverboat tragedy who was found dead of an apparent suicide. More   Kazakhstan Detains Uzbek Wanted For Religious Extremism Rights activists say another Uzbek citizen wanted by Tashkent on religious extremism charges has been detained in Kazakhstan and faces possible extradition. More   Kyrgyz Crime Figure Held In Russia A suspected member of a Kyrgyz criminal group has been apprehended near Moscow. Kyrgyz Interior Ministry spokesman Adyl Omorov told RFE/RL on August 24 that Kazbek Bilalov, 34, was arrested in the town of Zelenograd this week. More   Jailed Iranian Declines Family Visits A prominent human rights lawyer jailed in Iran has refused prison visits by her family after they were roughly treated by prison staff. More   The Power Vertical Wither Right Cause? Well, that was fast. It seems Mikhail Prokhorov only burst onto the political scene to take over a revived Right Cause party. Now, suddenly, the media is writing his political obituary. More

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