RFE/RL AFGHANISTAN REPORT
30.01.2013
A review of RFE/RL reporting and analysis about Afghanistan.For more stories on Afghanistan, please visit and bookmark our Afghanistan page . |
 Afghan Rise In Press-Freedom Index Afghanistan has climbed 22 places in this year's Press Freedom Index published by Reporters Without Borders "thanks to the fact that no journalists are in prison" there. More  Karzai Issues Peace Talks Warning Afghan President Hamid Karzai says peace efforts with the Taliban should go through the High Peace Council set up by the Afghan government. More  U.S. Photographer Captures 'Central Asian Metaphor' For Life "White road" -- the words offered to travelers throughout much of Central Asia as they embark upon a journey. American Ivan Sigal, 43, was wished "white road" countless times between 1998 and 2005, as he and his camera crisscrossed the steppe. RFE/RL correspondents Richard Solash and Golnaz Esfandiari recently sat down with Sigal to discuss his new book, "White Road." More Zabit Khan and his nine children are bonded laborers working to pay off family debts at a brick factory in Afghanistan. The Khans are among thousands of Afghans stuck in an unending cycle of debt and poverty with little hope of escape. More  Kabul, Islamabad In Defense Talks Afghan and Pakistani defense officials are discussing bilateral military cooperation, including the prospects of having the Afghan National Army trained by Pakistani military specialists. More Provincial officials say at least 10 Afghan policemen have been killed in a suicide-bomb attack in the northeastern Afghan city of Konduz. More The commander of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan has condemned a suicide car-bomb attack that killed at least five civilians and injured more than 15 others. More  Afghan Torture Allegations Shine Spotlight On Prisoner Transfers The Afghan government has come under intense international pressure after claims of widespread torture in its prisons. Could the allegations derail the transfer of detainees from NATO to Afghan control? More |
