Ron Synovitz is a senior correspondent for RFE/RL.
A surprising number of children have been sent into the streets of Kabul by impoverished parents who cannot support their families.
The opening ceremonies in Qatar launch a sporting event that is second in scale only to the Summer Olympic Games.
A Kabul resident purchases a SIM card for Afghanistan's third cellular-phone provider in July (epa) PRAGUE, November 16, 2006 (RFE/RL) -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai is visiting India this week in the hope of winning fresh trade deals and investment for his country. On November 18-19, Karzai plans to attend the Regional Economic Cooperation Conference for Afghan Reconstruction in New Dehli.
President Hamid Karzai spoke with RFE/RL's Radio Free Afghanistan about bringing together tribal leaders from both sides of the Afghan-Pakistani border.
Thousands of Pashtun tribesmen and armed militants rallied on October 31 against the U.S. and Pakistani governments.
Kazakh Abdigani Zhiyenbay plays during the festival (RFE/RL) Traditional music from Central Asian has been virtually unknown in the West until the past decade. But musicians who keep the region's ancient music traditions alive have been making inroads into Western music markets with tours and new CD releases. A film and music festival in Prague called "Music On Film -- Film on Music," has given some of those artists greater exposure in the West. Films screened on October 19 gave audiences a peek at the lives of musicians from Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan. The festival also featured live performances of traditional music from Central Asia and Afghanistan.
British Lieutenant General David Richards (file photo) (epa) NATO's top commander in Afghanistan has been meeting with Pakistani officials to discuss how to improve cooperation on security along the Afghan-Pakistan border. NATO and Pakistani officials are denying western media reports that Lieutenant General David Richards planned to confront Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf with evidence that some elements within Pakistan's Inter-Service Intelligence agency (ISI) have been training and arming Taliban fighters in Pakistan for cross-border incursions into Afghanistan.
Osama bin Laden in a screen grab from Al-Jazeera (RFE/RL) PRAGUE, October 6, 2006 (RFE/RL) -- Today marks the fifth anniversary of the first U.S. military strikes in Afghanistan following the September 11 terrorist attacks in the United States. Afghan President Hamid Karzai has described the event as the start of a counterterrorism campaign for "the salvation of Afghanistan."
Afghanistan's Reconciliation Commission is due to visit the U.S. detention center at Bagram Air Field soon in a bid to get more detainees released.
A new U.S. law will allow suspected terrorists to be detained indefinitely without formal charges, as well as trials before a military commission.
The Afghan and Pakistani leaders are publicly trading accusations about who is responsible for terrorism in South Asia.
Pakistan's president says that after the September 2001 attacks, the U.S. demanded his country cooperate fully with the U.S. campaign against the Taliban and Al-Qaeda.
Pakistan's president recently said that the "center of gravity" of terrorism is in southern Afghanistan, and the Taliban now pose a greater threat than Al-Qaeda and Osama bin Laden.
The head of the UN's Office on Drugs and Crime has called for "robust military action" to destroy the opium industry in the south.
Islamabad says a cease-fire deal signed this week with pro-Taliban militants near the border with Afghanistan could end years of unrest in Pakistan's tribal regions. The accord -- signed with militants in North Waziristan -- calls on local tribesmen to expel foreign militants and end cross-border attacks into Afghanistan. In return, Pakistan's military say it will reduce its presence in the tribal areas.
Efforts to rebuild Afghanistan are being overshadowed by resurgent Taliban violence, a thriving opium trade, warlordism, government corruption, and slow economic development.
Three days of demonstrations in Baluchistan Province have put mounting pressure on the government.
U.S. officials say agreement has been reached with Afghan and Pakistani officials that will improve security along the volatile border.
Music is opening a new world to 18 Afghan girls and young women enrolled in a cultural program in northern Afghanistan. The United Nations, which is helping to implement the program, says it is aimed at strengthening the voice of women in society. But conservative Islamic clerics in Mazar-e Sharif say the Koran forbids women from singing or learning to play musical instruments.
A new UN report on opium farming will show that cultivation this year is up to 40 percent higher than in 2005.
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