Mustafa Sarwar is a senior news editor for RFE/RL's Radio Azadi, one of the most popular and trusted media outlets in Afghanistan. Nearly half of the country's adult audience accesses Azadi's reporting on a weekly basis.
Militants from Pakistan and Central Asia have carved out a new sanctuary in remote regions of a southern province after being pushed out of their Pakistani haven last year.
For more than a decade, Afghanistan's notorious warlords have exchanged their battle fatigues for business attire and social-mindedness. But have they really changed?
Afghans are pessimistic because of inability of President Ashraf Ghani's coalition government's to form a cabinet after completing 100 days in office.
Afghaistan's top soldier is optimistic about embarking on antiterrrorism cooperation with Pakistan.
The Afghan Taliban and government representatives are expected to resume stalled talks. Chinese and Pakistani representatives are also expected to participate in the negotiations.
Every year thousands of Afghans undertake dangerous journeys to Western countries hoping for a better life, but many of them are deported back to the misery they were trying to escape in their homeland.
Former militia leaders continue to jostle for control of a northern Afghan region as new president seeks to keep election promises.
As the row over who will be Afghanistan’s next president, the real power struggles are taking place behind the scenes.
Afghanistan's outgoing President Hamid Karzai is expected to leave behind a mixed legacy following 13 tumultuous years in power that saw his country reemerge from the ashes of foreign occupations and civil wars.
An Afghan official claims the Taliban is responsible for the killing of Hashmat Khalil Karzai, a cousin of outgoing Afghan president Hamid Karzai.
Afghan officials say foreign militants might be behind kidnapping a group of university students and teachers in central Afghanistan.
Ten years after Afghanistan first considered adopting a money laundering law, shadowy figures within Kabul's political elite are still maneuvering behind the scenes to block it.
As NATO winds down its military mission in Afghanistan, many of its Afghan interpreters want to leave the country. But they have had little success receiving immigration visas to settle in any of the 28 NATO member states
An official in a remote district in northeastern Afghanistan has confirmed that the region has fallen under Taliban control.
The scantly reported fighting between Afghan and Pakistani militants in a remote district of eastern Afghanistan has forced thousands to flee their homes.
A mudslide that killed hundreds of villagers in a remote corner of Afghanistan has triggered an unprecedented wave of charity among Afghans dependent for generations on international humanitarian aid.
Powerful armed bands are confiscating voter registration cards in some of Afghanistan’s remote provinces, interfering with elections whose transparency is viewed as critical for the country’s future security and stability.
The recent death of Afghanistan’s Vice President Mohammad Qasim Fahim has left a leadership vacuum only weeks before the country holds a crucial poll to elect a new president on April 5.
As Afghanistan braces for the withdrawal of international forces this year, Taliban-backed radicals from Central Asia are mobilizing to fill the vacuum and make a comeback.
With the campaign for the April 5 Afghan presidential election in full swing, coalition- building in the fragmented nation has emerged as a key strategy for winning votes.
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