RFE/RL AFGHANISTAN REPORT
24.10.2012
A review of RFE/RL reporting and analysis about Afghanistan.For more stories on Afghanistan, please visit and bookmark our Afghanistan page . |
 Pakistanis Reassure Karzai On Terror Pakistan's president and the leader of a Pakistani party have sent separate letters to Afghan President Hamid Karzai, reassuring him of their cooperation in the joint fight against terrorism. More  Oil Field Discovered In Afghanistan A spokesman for Afghanistan's Mining Ministry says that Canadian company Terraseis has located a large oil field in the northwestern part of the country. More  Border Talk Crosses The Line In Afghanistan Kabul has "rejected" recent comments by a U.S. envoy regarding the contentious Durand Line, which Washington and other states consider the official border between Pakistan and Afghanistan. More  Kabul Slams U.S. On Durand Line The Afghan government has strongly rejected a recent statement by the U.S. special envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan on the boundary dividing the two countries. More Amnesty International says reports that an Afghan man killed his wife because she wanted a job are an example of "yet another egregious killing" in Afghanistan. More  Walking Through Bamiyan The city of Bamiyan, some 200 kilometers northwest of Kabul, stands in a lush green valley stretching through central Afghanistan on the route of the former Silk Road. The cultural center of Afghanistan's Hazara minority, Bamiyan was also famously the home of two nearly 2,000-year-old Buddha statues before they were destroyed by the Taliban just months before the U.S.-led invasion in 2001. Bamiyan Province has been seen as one of Afghanistan's most peaceful regions in recent years, but the quiet was shattered by a string of insurgent attacks this summer. More  Interview: NATO Chief 'Impressed' By Afghan Security Forces A few days after his visit to Kabul last week, NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen spoke with RFE/RL about the challenges facing Afghanistan after 2014 and how the alliance is helping prepare Hamid Karzai for the departure of foreign troops. More  Award-Winning Film Breathes New Life Into Afghan Cinema "Buzkashi Boys," a new film produced in Kabul, has earned plaudits and captivated audiences around the world. Produced by a team of international and aspiring Afghan filmmakers, the film hopes to invigorate Afghanistan’s fledgling film industry. More  Surge In Afghan Civilian IED Victims The UN says that civilian casualties from roadside bombs in Afghanistan have increased by almost a third in the first nine months of this year. More 6 Afghan Police Killed In Insider Attack An Afghan police officer and cook have poisoned their colleagues at a checkpoint in an assault coordinated with insurgent fighters that left six dead. More Afghan Warlord Accused Of Murder Allegedly Bailed Out By Vice President An Afghan lawmaker alleged that the country's second vice-president, Muhammad Karim Khalili, recently bailed out a warlord accused of murder, kidnapping and bribery, among other crimes. More  Afghan Woman's Beheading Latest In Alarming Trend The gruesome beheading of an Afghan woman has shed light on the alarming trend of violence against women in western Afghanistan. Authorities in the city of Herat say they have documented hundreds of cases of violent attacks against women already this year. More NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen has arrived in Kabul for meetings with the Afghan president and other key leaders, with international forces' planned withdrawal in two years' time likely high on the agenda. More Amnesty International has condemned the reported beheading of a young Afghan woman in Herat province for refusing to be forced into prostitution by her in-laws. More |
