RFE/RL AFGHANISTAN REPORT
05.06.2013
A review of RFE/RL reporting and analysis about Afghanistan.For more stories on Afghanistan, please visit and bookmark our Afghanistan page . |
 NATO Discusses Afghanistan, Georgia NATO defense ministers have finished the second of two days of meetings in Brussels to discuss the alliance's operations in Afghanistan after its combat mission ends there in 2014. More  Central Asian Railway Construction Begins The Afghan, Tajik, and Turkmen presidents officially inaugurate the construction of a new railway connecting the three nations. More  Red Cross In Afghan Pullback An International Committee of the Red Cross spokesman said the group would continue to provide humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan, but also had to consider the security of its staff. More  Kabul Probes Taliban Visit To Iran The government of Afghanistan says it has reached out to neighboring Iran as the Taliban confirmed it had held talks with Iranian officials. More Officials in the eastern Afghan province of Ghazni said at least 25 Taliban fighters were killed and dozens more wounded during overnight clashes with Afghan security forces, backed by local anti-Taliban militiamen. More  Taliban Denies Role In Red Cross Attack A Taliban spokesman in Afghanistan says the Taliban did not have any connection to a suicide attack on May 29 on a Red Cross office in Jalalabad. More |
