RFE/RL AFGHANISTAN REPORT
01.05.2013
A review of RFE/RL reporting and analysis about Afghanistan.HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THE NORTH CAUCASUS? TAKE OUR WEEKLY QUIZ AND FIND OUT! For more stories on Afghanistan, please visit and bookmark our Afghanistan page . |
 Afghan Schoolgirls In Possible Poisoning A number of girls appear to have been poisoned at a school in the Afghan capital, Kabul. More Pakistan has closed its main border crossing with Afghanistan along the highway linking Kabul and Islamabad. More Authorities in Pakistan say a suicide bomber struck in the northwestern city of Peshawar on April 29, killing at least eight people, including the diplomat son of an influential Afghan cleric as well as another diplomat, and injuring at least 45 others in an attack on one of the busiest roads in the city. The attack appeared aimed at the convoy of a city official who had passed by shortly before the explosion. (RFE/RL's Radio Mashaal) More  Dozens Killed In Kandahar Bus Crash Afghan officials say 45 people have been killed in a road incident near the southern city of Kandahar. More  Afghan Message Of Solidarity With Boston Was Loud And Clear I felt a particular connection when the images were broadcast on April 15 after explosions struck near the finish line of the Boston Marathon. But many of my countrymen and -women back home in Afghanistan were equally saddened to hear the news, and some came forward to express their sympathy. More The Taliban has called them "thieves." But other Afghans say they are victims of a brutal example of Taliban justice. RFE/RL takes a closer look at the case of two Afghan private-security-firm employees who each had a hand and foot cut off by the Taliban. More Faiz Ahmad, a 25-year-old Afghan man who was working as a private security guard, says his life has become meaningless since the Taliban abducted him and, after four weeks of captivity, cut off his right hand and his left foot for refusing to cooperate with militants. More |
