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RFE/RL Afghanistan Report
9/14/2011 8:32:39 PM
A review of RFE/RL reporting and analysis about Afghanistan.
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Clash On Afghan-Iranian Border
Afghan officials say fighting erupted in western Afghanistan when Iranian security forces crossed the border and opened fire on Afghan border guards. More An assault by Taliban insurgents on the heart of Kabul's diplomatic and military enclave has ended after 20 hours, when security forces killed the last of six attackers, a spokesman for the Interior Ministry said. More The U.S. State Department's "Report on International Religious Freedom" identifies Iran, Uzbekistan, China, and Burma among "countries of particular concern" and says Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan also face significant challenges in securing religious freedom. More Afghanistan's new roads cost millions to build. Now they're being destroyed by overweight trucks. More Endemic poverty in parts of Afghanistan is forcing many poor families to sell their children in order to survive. More America has now been at war for the longest period in its history; nearly 11 years in Afghanistan and more than eight years in Iraq. More The Taliban once banned photography, movies, and use of the Internet on the grounds that they were all “un-Islamic.” Now, however, the terrorist group’s perspective has radically changed. More As the world commemorates the 10-year anniversary of 9/11, Episode 35 of The Blender explores memory, pain, and consequence, as we examine the lives around the world affected by 9/11 and other tragedies like it. More People around the world are taking time out this week to ponder how their lives have changed in the 10 years since 9/11. But in Afghanistan, which has felt the brunt of the war on terrorism, some will be remembering the loss of someone closer to home. Just two days before the attacks on the United States, Al-Qaeda assassinated one of the most charismatic and polarizing figures of the anti-Taliban Northern Alliance. More Money-exchange dealers in Kabul say they are concerned by the large amounts of counterfeit foreign money that they say is entering Afghanistan from neighboring countries. More |
RFE/RL Iraq Report
9/14/2011 8:31:44 PM
A review of RFE/RL reporting and analysis about Iraq
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For Some Returning U.S. Veterans, It's A Hard Road Back
America has now been at war for the longest period in its history; nearly 11 years in Afghanistan and more than eight years in Iraq. More A leading member of Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's political party said a draft law is being prepared that would make it obligatory for the president to sign death sentences. More The president of Iraq's Kurdistan Regional Government says U.S. forces will still be needed in Iraq in 2012 and that their absence could lead to a civil war or sectarian conflicts. More The Iraqi Central Bank has announced a large increase in the country's foreign-currency reserves. More Major fires at separate markets in central Baghdad have destroyed many shops and warehouses and caused millions of dollars in damage. More A senior U.S. military official says American forces jointly patrol with the Iraqi Army and Kurdistan Regional Government forces in disputed areas and coordinate with Iraq and Turkey about crossborder attacks by Kurdish rebels. More |
RFE/RL Headlines
9/14/2011 8:34:01 PM
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Features
Tired, Angry, But Determined, Striking Kazakh Oil Workers Say Fight Will Go On Since May, thousands of oil workers in western Kazakhstan have been on strike to protest unfair pay and demand better recognition for local unions. The strike has been largely ignored by the government, but it's raising questions about how long the energy-driven country can overlook its labor unrest. More Although a growing debt crisis is rocking Europe and threatening the stability of the eurozone, economics analyst Sergei Seninsky says Russia might be better positioned to weather this storm than it was during the 2008 global financial meltdown. More Flotation Sinks Belarusian Ruble Belarus is going to let the ruble trade freely, in a move that is expected to amount to this year's second planned currency devaluation. More Clash On Afghan-Iranian Border Afghan officials say fighting erupted in western Afghanistan when Iranian security forces crossed the border and opened fire on Afghan border guards. More Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka has pardoned 11 more of the demonstrators jailed for the protests that erupted after the presidential election on December 19, 2010. More An influential Austrian writers' association has expressed concern that some parts of a recently published book by Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych may have been plagiarized. More Defense officials of separatist-controlled Nagorno-Karabakh say its forces have for the first time shot down an unmanned Azerbaijani drone that was flying over the disputed region. More Prospective homeowners in the Russian city of Krasnoyarsk are demanding apartments or their money back -- and have gone on hunger strike to push their point. More The Ukrainian parliament is to discuss a bill on "political amnesty" for former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko and former Interior Minister Yuriy Lutsenko. More Kosovo says it will reopen two border outposts in its Serb-dominated north this week in a move that could reignite tensions that led to deadly clashes in July. More Kyrgyz police say a former top official found dead in a burned-out car two years ago was in fact murdered and that 17 people have been taken into custody in connection with the killing. More More than 80 Iranian cultural figures are calling for the release of jailed fellow artists and the review of the verdicts handed down to them. More Armenia's Court of Cassation has thrown out an appeal by the opposition daily "Haykakan Zhamanak" against a 6 million drams ($16,200) fine imposed on it earlier this year in a defamation case. More Tajik officials say that more than 50 structures in Dushanbe will soon be officially registered as mosques. More A Kyrgyz parliamentary party faction has decided to replace longtime leader Feliks Kulov as its leader in the legislature. More The Russian Supreme Court has ruled that the the law was violated when the preliminary detention of former Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky and his deputy was extended. More Moldova's Orthodox Church has criticized a UN official for suggesting it has too much influence in the country. More Schulz Picked In Euro Parliament's Opaque Process The Socialists & Democrats (S&D) group in the European Parliament announces that its leader, Germany's Martin Schulz, was unanimously backed by party colleagues for the presidency of the European Parliament. Will calm heads prevail during those negotiations? More 'News Of A Kidnapping' A Hit In Iran After Opposition Leader's Recommendation "If you want to understand my situation, read Gabriel Garcia Marquez's 'News of a Kidnapping,'" Iranian opposition leader Mir Hossein Musavi was quoted as having said in a recent meeting with his daughters. More With the NBC report and his promise to grant the hikers a "unilateral pardon," Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad is off to a good start in what appears to be a charm offensive ahead of his New York trip. More |