RFE/RL Afghanistan Report
05.09.2012
A review of RFE/RL reporting and analysis about Afghanistan.
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U.S. To Hand Over Bagram Prison
Afghanistan's government has announced it will take full control from the United States next week of the controversial Bagram prison. More In an interview with Voice of America's Carolyn Presutti, former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright speaks about President Barack Obama's foreign policy as well as the situation in Afghanistan, from whom she says the international community must not walk away after the withdrawal of foreign troops. Albright spoke to VOA on the sidelines of the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina. More 
Afghan NGO Inspires Unlikely Reconciliation
A Kabul shelter for handicapped veterans has become an unlikely sponsor of peace and tolerance by bringing together former rivals with common misfortunes. More 
Karzai Fills Key Security Posts
Reports say Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai has named appointees to be the new ministers of defense and interior, and head of intelligence. More 
Afghans Terrorized By Border Shelling As Blame Game Goes On
For months, villages in remote northeastern Afghanistan have felt the brunt of crossborder shelling from Pakistani territory. And as Kabul and Islamabad play the blame game, it appears more victims will be added to the dozens killed and thousands displaced before the attacks are stopped. More Afghan officials say two suicide attackers have blown themselves up near a NATO base in the country's east, killing or wounding scores of Afghans, including eight civilians and four police officers. More Hundreds of Afghans have held a demonstration in Kabul to condemn shelling by Pakistani forces of areas of eastern Afghanistan. More |
