 RFE/RL Afghanistan Report 8/18/2010 5:56:48 PM A review of RFE/RL reporting and analysis about Afghanistan. For more stories on Afghanistan, please visit and bookmark our Afghanistan page . |
 Stoning Of Afghan Couple For Adultery Sparks Debate On Shari’a Law Islamic clerics and scholars have condemned the public execution by stoning of a young couple in northern Afghanistan. The two had been charged with adultery by the local Taliban. The execution brings into focus a heated debate about the interpretation of Shari’a-based law in Afghanistan, where some clerics recently called for the revival of a strict Islamic criminal code. More  IMU Announces Longtime Leader Dead, Names Successor The Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan has announced that its leader, Tahir Yuldash, was killed nearly a year ago. The IMU also announced that it had selected a new leader, Usman Odil. More  President's Decree Bans Private Security Firms From Afghanistan Afghanistan's president has banned all private security firms from his country -- regardless of whether they are international companies or Afghan firms. More  Interview: The 'Shadow Elite,' WikiLeaks, And Living In A 'Dangerous Era' Janine Wedel is a professor of public policy at George Mason University and author of the book "Shadow Elite: How The World's New Power Brokers Undermine Democracy, Government, And The Free Market." RFE/RL's Christopher Schwartz speaks with her about how the whistleblowing web entity WikiLeaks opposes today’s “new powerbrokers” by dangerously mirroring them. More |
