Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

RFE/RL Afghanistan Report 19.12.2012 A review of RFE/RL reporting and analysis about Afghanistan. For more stories on Afghanistan, please visit and bookmark our Afghanistan page .

 

Reporters Without Borders Honors Afghan Newspaper, Syrian Journalist Reporters Without Borders, "Le Monde," and TV5Monde have awarded their annual Press Freedom Prize to the Afghan daily "8Sobh" and Syrian journalist Mazen Darwish. More   Two More Killed In Pakistan Polio Attacks United Nations agencies have suspended a campaign against polio in Pakistan after deadly attacks on vaccination teams. More   Afghan Factions Meeting In France The meeting comes as efforts are being intensified to reach an Afghan settlement as NATO prepares to pull out most combat troops in 2014. More   Abducted Afghan Film Star Found Dead Officials in Afghanistan's eastern Nangarhar Province say actor and film director Zahir Armani has been found dead after being kidnapped earlier this week. More   Afghan Schools Without Desks, Pens, Or Walls Although Afghanistan’s education system has made huge strides since the end of the Taliban regime, in many parts of the country there are not enough schools to accommodate larger numbers of students. More   Havel's Giant Heart Brightens Brussels; Kabul Is Next The giant neon heart that iconic democracy and rights advocate Vaclav Havel hung to bid farewell to "high politics" and champion "love, understanding, and decency" now lights up the European Parliament. But that's only the first stop on a voyage that could take the symbolic heart to the capital of Afghanistan, too. More   Several Killed In Pakistan Attack Militants have fired three rockets at an airport in Pakistan's northwestern city of Peshawar, killing at least three people and wounding more than 30. More   Wounded Afghan Spy Chief Sent To U.S. The Afghan intelligence chief who was wounded in a December 6 suicide bombing has been transferred to a hospital in the United States. More   Afghan Nomads Fend Off Authorities In Kabul Land Dispute A tense standoff is sparked on the outskirts of Kabul when Afghan police try to drive members of a traditionally nomadic group from makeshift dwellings they built after they were kicked off their lands. More   Karzai-Obama Talks Next Month Afghan President Hamid Karzai has accepted an invitation from U.S. President Barack Obama for critical talks on Afghanistan's future. More