RFE/RL AFGHANISTAN REPORT
16.10.2013
A review of RFE/RL reporting and analysis about Afghanistan.For more stories on Afghanistan, please visit and bookmark our Afghanistan page . |
 Explainer: The Thorny Issue Of Status Of U.S. Forces In Afghanistan Washington wants its soldiers to be immune from Afghan courts if they remain after 2014. Kabul isn't sure. Here are five things to know about what makes immunity for foreign soldiers so complicated. More  Votes For Sale For Crucial Afghan Election Many residents have left a routine job in Marco, a small town in eastern Afghanistan, to join a thriving industry ahead of next year's presidential elections -- trading voter cards. More  Logar Bomb Was Placed In Koran Afghanistan's National Directorate of Security (NDS) says an investigation into an explosion in Logar Province that killed Governor Arsala Jamal on October 15 shows the explosive material was placed inside a Koran. More  Karzai Eid Speech Prods Taliban In a speech on October 15 to mark the occasion of the Islamic holiday of Eid al-Adha, Afghan President Hamid Karzai urged Taliban militants to stop fighting and join the peace process.More  Afghan Governor Killed In Bomb Blast The governor of Afghanistan's eastern Logar Province has been killed in a bomb blast. More  Warlords Seen As A Losing Ticket In Afghan Election As Afghanistan moves toward a crucial presidential race next spring, some in the country want to keep regional strongmen and former warlords off the ballot. More  Karzai To Move Up After Stepping Down Once Afghan President Hamid Karzai steps down after next year's presidential election, he will be moving into an extravagant palace just outside the heavily fortified presidential complex he has occupied for the last decade. More  U.S. Captures Senior Pakistani Taliban News reports said U.S. forces seized Latif Mehsud recently in Afghanistan. More  From Bottles To Carpets In Kabul A manufacturing plant that turns discarded bottles and other plastics into artificial fibers has opened in Kabul. The Paktika Shaheen factory is Afghanistan's first producer of synthetic fibers, which can be used to make carpets and clothing. Set up with some $2 million in investments from the United States, the factory is expected to employ at least 300 workers, a number which could eventually double. More  Afghan Mullah Says He's A Victim On the eve of her arranged wedding, a young Afghan woman seeks to elope with the man of her choice. This love story, however, ends in tragedy. And now the mullah sentenced for inciting locals to slay her is claiming he is a victim. More  NATO Rejects Karzai Criticism Rasmussen said at a press conference in Brussels on October 10 that the progress achieved in Afghanistan since international troops deployed in the country 10 years ago was "remarkable." More |
