'Favored Daughter' Sets Sights On Afghan Presidency At 36 years of age, Afghan lawmaker Fawzia Koofi can already boast a number of pioneering achievements. Now in her second term in parliament, she has been a leader in the effort to restore women's rights in the country. She has served as the Afghan parliament's only female deputy speaker; and she has found time to raise a family and become an accomplished author. Now, in her latest book, Koofi describes her harsh past and ambitions to one day become Afghanistan's first woman president. More
New Afghan Textbooks Sidestep History In a country devastated by decades of war, Afghan officials believe they have found a way to teach the country's history without inflaming old animosities between Afghanistan's long-warring ethnic and political groups. The answer, they say, is to omit the past four decades from the history books. More
Fake Member Of Parliament Raises Alarm In Afghanistan Lawmakers are sounding the alarm bell over what they say was a serious breach of security after a man purporting to be an Afghan parliamentarian duped regional officials into giving him an official tour. More
