Afghanistan: Russia Expresses Desire to Raise its Profile in Kabul
A derelict building stands on the broad Darul Aman Avenue leading to Afghanistan's parliament. In the 1990s, gunfire, shelling and rocket attacks caused its roof to cave in, and these days the air...
View ArticleAfghanistan: Aid Agencies Worry That London Conference Will Damage...
As donors and government officials converge on London to discuss ways to support the military surge in Afghanistan, non-governmental organizations are wary. Some NGO representatives who are responsible...
View ArticleAfghanistan: Kabul Observers Downbeat on London Conference
Observers and humanitarian aid workers in Kabul are giving lackluster reviews to the London conference on Afghanistan.read more
View ArticleAfghanistan: Decoding Reintegration and Reconciliation
"Reintegration" and "reconciliation" are two buzzwords that are driving stabilization efforts in Afghanistan these days. But the terms mean different things to different stakeholders in the process....
View ArticleAfghanistan: Loyal Political Opposition Feeling Left Out in the Cold
Violence in Afghanistan pays and offering the criticism of loyal opposition does not. So thinks Abdullah Abdullah, the losing presidential candidate in Afghanistan's 2009 election.read more
View ArticleAfghanistan: Constitutional Crisis Brews in Kabul over New Government Media...
Afghan journalists have a mixed reaction to a government ban on live broadcast coverage of Islamic militant terror attacks. Many in Kabul say the ban places Afghan media outlets on the slippery slope...
View ArticleAfghanistan: President Karzai Modifying Election Law in His Favor
A EurasiaNet Q & A with Grant Kippen, former Chairman of the Electoral Complaints Commission President Hamid Karzai has taken action to substantially curtail the independence of Afghanistan's...
View ArticleAfghanistan: Women's Rights Movement Slowly Taking Shape in Kabul
Palwasha Hassan had no idea that her impressive resume would be her undoing when her nomination to become Afghanistan's minister of women's affairs came up for confirmation in parliament in...
View ArticleAfghanistan: Amnesty Law Fuels Debate on Reconciliation Process
Sakina is angry. "Who is Karzai to forgive the deaths in my family?" she fumes. "Was his home looted? Was his son killed? What gives him the right to forgive on my behalf?read more
View ArticleAfghan Reconciliation Jirga Set to Convene amid Skepticism
The checkpoint at the entrance to the Loya Jirga complex in Kabul highlights the challenge facing President Hamid Karzai as his administration strives to reconcile with moderate Taliban elements....
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