RFE/RL AFGHANISTAN REPORT
20.03.2013
A review of RFE/RL reporting and analysis about Afghanistan.For more stories on Afghanistan, please visit and bookmark our Afghanistan page . |
 Turkmen, Tajik, Afghan Rail Pact The presidents of Afghanistan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan have signed a memorandum of understanding for the construction of a railway line linking the three countries. More  'Huge Truck Bomb' Defused In Kabul Afghanistan's intelligence agency says security forces in Kabul have defused a massive truck bomb with nearly eight tons of explosives. More  Ravages Of War: Paghman Gardens Before And After The first photo shows Peg Podlich apparently taking a photograph of her sister Jan as she poses sitting on a wall in Afghanistan's Paghman Gardens. Tall pine trees tower in the background. Flowers and shrubs bloom amid neatly trimmed grass that borders a long reflecting pool. The second photo was taken from almost the exact same spot about five years ago. The trees are gone. The reflecting pool has disappeared. Even the pathways have been reduced to rubble. More  Afghan Official Loses Relatives In Blast Afghan officials say relatives of the speaker of the Afghan parliament's lower house might have been targeted by a suicide bomber in Konduz Province. More |
