RFE/RL Afghanistan Report
9/28/2011 6:12:03 PM
A review of RFE/RL reporting and analysis about Afghanistan.
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Afghans Plan To Bring Back Refugees
Afghan officials say an ambitious program is being planned to try and bring back millions of Afghan refugees living in Iran and Pakistan. More 
Kazakhs' Afghan Visit Shows Closer Ties
Officials from Afghanistan and Kazakhstan have met in Kabul to discuss expanding economic and political ties, RFE/RL's Radio Free Afghanistan reports. More Hundreds of protesters rallied in Afghanistan's capital today to denounce the assassination of former President Burhanuddin Rabbani. More 
Afghan Journalists Report Violence Among Media Outlets
Afghan media officials say an unhealthy competition currently exists among many of the country's media organizations. More 
Ex-Afghan Minister: Pressure On ISI To End Ties With Terror Groups
A former Afghan official says pressure is mounting on Pakistan to end its support for extremist groups who were reportedly involved in last week's assassination of former Afghan President Burhanuddin Rabbani. More 
Death Of A Statesman: Burhanuddin Rabbani
I suspect Burhanuddin Rabbani will be remembered by most as the ideologue-turned-freedom fighter who went on to assume the role of a peacemaker. It is not a simple story. In Afghanistan it could hardly be otherwise. More 
Tajik Islamic Party Honors Rabbani
The Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan (IRPT) held a memorial service on September 23 in Dushanbe for slain former Afghan President Burhanuddin Rabbani. More 
Rabbani Killer: A Deadly Messenger With A Deadly Message
A blood-soaked letter has been recovered from the pocket of the assassin who killed former Afghan President and peace council Chairman Burhanuddin Rabbani on September 20 More 
Under The Spotlight, Questions Raised About Haqqani Network Ties With Pakistan
The villain responsible for the raft of violence against U.S. targets in Kabul has been identified -- and the finger points directly to a shadowy insurgent group and, by extension, to Pakistan's intelligence agency. More 
Afghanistan's Abdullah Abdullah: The Taliban Does Not Believe In Peace Talks
The death of former Afghan president and leading peace negotiator Burhanuddin Rabbani in a brazen suicide attack has shocked Afghanistan and dealt a blow to hopes of a negotiated settlement with the insurgency. Who will fill Rabbani's shoes? Can anyone? Former Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah believes a new High Peace Council leader can be found, but also thinks the Taliban doesn't believe in peace talks. More 
Drones: Pakistan Has No Leg To Stand On
If American drone strikes violate Pakistani sovereignty, what about all of the foreign militants who not only launch attacks across the border into Afghanistan but are also a huge security threat? More 
If Not The Taliban, Then Who Killed Rabbani?
No one has accepted responsibility for killing Burhanuddin Rabbani, Afghanistan's former president and chairman of the country's High Council for Peace. But if not the Taliban, then who? More 
Rabbani's Life And Death Reflect Afghanistan's Troubled Politics
Burhanuddin Rabbani, the former Afghan president who was assassinated on September 20, was one of a generation of Afghan leaders to define and reflect his country's violent history over the last 40 years. More 
Rabbani On The Urgent Necessity Of Peace Talks
In a March interview with RFE/RL's Radio Free Afghanistan, Afghan ex-President and High Peace Council chairman Burhanuddin Rabbani,emphasized the lack of unity within the "Taliban" and the imperative of peace for his war-weary country. Here are some excerpts of that interview. More Kabul is reeling from the assassination of former Afghan President Burhanuddin Rabbani, the powerful ethnic Tajik factional leader and head of the country's High Peace Council who was killed September 20 by a suicide bomber. More |
RFE/RL Headlines
9/28/2011 6:14:05 PM
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Features
In Post-Soviet Central Asia, Russian Takes a Back Seat
In the 20 years since the Central Asian republics of the Soviet Union became independent, the influence of the Russian language has been declining in these countries. More 
Barroso Says Debt Crisis 'Greatest Challenge' In EU History
European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso has called the debt crisis "the greatest challenge" in the history of the European Union. More
Afghans Plan To Bring Back Refugees
Afghan officials say an ambitious program is being planned to try and bring back millions of Afghan refugees living in Iran and Pakistan. More 
Pro-Russian Activists Quarrel In Ukraine's Crimea
Pro-Russian activists in Ukraine's Crimean peninsula have accused a moderate pro-Moscow group of betraying the "Russian movement" in Crimea. More 
Tajikistan Offers Financial Assistance To Some Amnestied Prisoners
Tajik authorities have said they will offer financial help under a reintegration program to former prisoners who were recently amnestied. More
Kazakhs' Afghan Visit Shows Closer Ties
Officials from Afghanistan and Kazakhstan have met in Kabul to discuss expanding economic and political ties, RFE/RL's Radio Free Afghanistan reports. More 
Bosnia To Mark Embarrassing Anniversary
Just days before the first anniversary of a general election on October 3, leaders of Bosnia's main political parties failed on September 26 in their latest attempt to reconcile views on how the country should function, and left it without any agreement on a new central government. More |
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