Ron Synovitz is a senior correspondent for RFE/RL.
May 17, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- A May 14 cease-fire between Afghan and Pakistani government troops was shattered this morning by the sound of mortars and machine-gun fire.
NATO says the killing of a top Taliban commander is a major setback for the insurgency, though some say there are others ready to take his place.
Afghans protest Iran's mass refugee expulsions in front of Tehran's embassy in Kabul on May 1 (AFP) May 10, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- Iran's forcible repatriation of tens of thousands of Afghan refugees has raised suspicions that Tehran is trying to destabilize Afghanistan, and prompted complaints from the Afghan Foreign Ministry.
Tehran has expelled tens of thousands of Afghans in recent weeks, but some claim that even legally registered refugees are being forced to leave.
Afghan civilians are increasingly bearing the brunt of conflict in their country. Now Taliban fighters are wearing Afghan police uniforms and kidnapping civilians at fake checkpoints.
KABUL, April 18, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- More than 100 journalists, supported by some members of the Afghan parliament, protested in Kabul today against a police raid on a private television station that was ordered by Afghanistan's attorney-general.
A new bloc brings together members of the government, opposition parliamentarians, former communists, and anti-communist mujahedin fighters.
Impoverished Kyrgyz at a dump near Bishkek (file photo) (AFP) March 30, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- One of the world's fastest-growing financial sectors is investment managed according to Islamic law. But a debate is raging within the sector.
March 27, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- NATO commanders say they are pleased with the initial results of their spring offensive in southern Afghanistan.
The sun sets on the Kazakh time zone (ITAR-TASS) March 23, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- Dozens of countries move their clocks forward on March 25 -- effectively to move an hour of daylight from the morning to the evening for the summer.
March 20, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- Afghanistan's government today confirmed that it freed Taliban prisoners in exchange for a kidnapped Italian journalist.
Critics say an amnesty law for war crimes committed in Afghanistan over the past 30 years was passed by a parliament only trying to protect its own members from prosecution.
February 27, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- A suicide bomber used a car bomb today to attack the front gates of Bagram Air Field, where U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney was visiting.
Taliban fighters seem bent on widespread attacks designed to stretch NATO and Afghan forces thin.
Musical masters hope their Grammy nominations draw more attention to traditional music.
February 2, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- The lower chamber of Afghanistan's parliament passed a bill on January 31 that would grant immunity to all Afghans involved in war crimes during the last quarter century. The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) warns that the legislation -- if approved by the upper chamber of parliament and signed by President Hamid Karzai -- could mean failure for the process of national reconciliation.
Since NATO took command of operations in Afghanistan, far less compensation has been given for innocent civilians that have been killed.
For many ethnic Pashtuns in Afghanistan and Pakistan, "Pashtunistan" is the idea of an historic homeland that was divided in 1893 by a line drawn by the British.
NATO forces in Afghanistan say the destruction of a Taliban camp in Helmand Province has cleared the way for repairs on a major hydroelectric dam.
U.S. forces in southern Afghanistan earlier this year (file photo) (epa) January 11, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- Afghanistan saw its bloodiest battle in months overnight when NATO and Afghan troops spotted two groups of militants mainly within Pakistan and then tracked them as they crossed into Afghanistan's southeastern Paktika Province.
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