RFE/RL AFGHANISTAN REPORT
02.01.2013
A review of RFE/RL reporting and analysis about Afghanistan.For more stories on Afghanistan, please visit and bookmark our Afghanistan page . |
 Afghan Prisoner Accused Of Killing Wife During Conjugal Visit An Afghan inmate stands accused of killing his wife during a prison visit in northern Samangan Province. Police say the man, who is serving a 20-year sentence for murdering members of his wife's family, strangled his young bride because he believed she was being unfaithful. More  Out With The Troops, In With The Afghan Investment? Afghanistan's Finance Ministry has drafted a package of incentives aimed at luring much needed investment over the next two years. But are the proposals enough to soothe fears over security and widespread corruption? More  Displaced Afghans Await Aid In Bitter Cold As snow and ice cover Kabul, families living in refugee camps are the hardest hit. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has been distributing emergency winter aid to thousands of displaced people living in the camps, many of whom are returnees from Pakistan and Iran. Photojournalist Sabawoon of RFE/RL's Radio Free Afghanistan visited one camp in Kabul where families were anxiously waiting to pick up aid packages including warm children's clothing, blankets, and cooking supplies. (10 PHOTOS) More  Energy Drinks Take Afghanistan By Storm Tea has long been Afghanistan's national beverage of choice. But Afghans are acquiring a growing thirst for heavily caffeinated energy drinks -- and controversy is brewing. More  Afghan Insider Assailant 'From Iran' Afghanistan's Interior Ministry says it has discovered that the policewoman who shot dead a U.S. civilian police trainer at Kabul's police headquarters on December 25 is an Iranian citizen. More An Afghan policewoman has been detained in Kabul after shooting dead a U.S. civilian contractor who was training the Afghan National Police. More A major fire has swept through a market area near the center of the Afghan capital, Kabul. More  No Love Lost: Afghan Woman Exposes Corrupt Judge's Unusual Offer A senior judge has lost his honor and position after his advances for bribes and marriage were exposed by the woman he coveted as a bride. More |
