RFE/RL AFGHANISTAN REPORT
26.06.2013
A review of RFE/RL reporting and analysis about Afghanistan.For more stories on Afghanistan, please visit and bookmark our Afghanistan page . |
 UN: Afghanistan Still No. 1 In Opium The UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) says that Afghanistan continues to remain the world's top cultivator and producer of opium. More  Taliban Political Office Raises Alarm Bells In Kabul The Taliban's office in Qatar was widely seen as a breakthrough for the tentative peace process. So why has the small diplomatic bureau set off alarm bells in Afghanistan? More  Protections For Women Under Threat In Afghanistan When the upper house of Afghanistan's parliament received proposed revisions to the country's electoral law, one key element was missing: the stipulation that one-quarter of all seats in provincial and local councils be reserved for women. More  Kabul Wants Explanation Over Taliban Office The Afghan government says it is willing to talk with the Taliban but first wants answers to questions about an office the militant group opened in Qatar. More Muhibullah Abdullah and his family, ethnic Tajiks from Afghanistan, fled to Kazakhstan after the Taliban threatened Abdullah's life. Ahead of World Refugee Day, marked on June 20, RFE/RL's Kazakh Service spoke to Abdullah and his sons about the new life they've made in Almaty. More Akbar Ayazi, RFE/RL's regional director for Afghanistan and Pakistan, discusses expected U.S.-Taliban talks in Qatar -- and why the planned negotiations have raised hackles in Kabul. More  U.S. Says Uzbekistan, Russia, Iran Worst For Human Trafficking Uzbekistan and Russia have received the lowest possible rating from the U.S. State Department in its annual report on human trafficking around the world. More |
