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Afghan Rights Activist Sima Samar, Tipped To Win Nobel Peace Prize
Speculation is rife in the Afghan capital that Sima Samar, the head of the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission, will win the Nobel Peace Prize this year. Commission spokesman Nader Nadiri told RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan that Samar is...
Spinning the Semantics of “Independent”
Once again I find myself faced with the prospect of giving out a Chutzpah of the Week award early in the week. In this case the grounds for the award are based on a report from Kabul by Matthew Green just released on the Financial Times Web site: Afghan...
Government of Afghanistan Removing Beggars From Kabul Streets
RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan has reported that the Afghanistan government has started removing all beggars from the streets of Kabul. The plan follows a resolution by the council of ministers — headed by President Hamid Karzai — from...
Taliban Militants Kill At Least 5 Afghan Police in Suicide Attack
Three suicide bombers killed at least 5 Afghan police officers on Saturday when they attacked a government compound in Afghanistan’s southern Kandahar province. Provincial council head Ahmad Wali Karzai, who is the brother of Afghanistan’s...
Opponents of President Karzai in Afghanistan Slam Supreme Court Ruling
Afghanistan’s Supreme Court has ruled that President Hamid Karzai, whose term officially ends in late May, should remain in office until a new leader is elected in August presidential polls. The decision has provoked an outcry from Karzai’s...Newspaper Claims Russian Government to Supply Military Hardware to Afghanistan
According to the Moscow-based newspaper Kommersant, the Afghanistan authorities said Russia had granted Kabul’s official request for military aid. It is said that President Dmitry Medvedev informed his opposite number Hamid Karzai of it in a personal...Afghanistan President’s Critics Read Much Into Joe Biden’s ‘Tough’ Talk
As U.S. Vice President-elect Joe Biden returned to Washington following a tour of U.S. counterterrorism hot spots, detractors of Afghanistan’s embattled president were seizing on his visit to Kabul as evidence that Hamid Karzai’s cozy relations...Local Afghan Police Deputy Claims U.S. Troops Killed 6 Afghan Police Officers
U.S. forces reportedly killed six Afghan police officers on Wednesday in a friendly-fire incident in the city of Qalat in southern Afghanistan, a local deputy police chief said.
