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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...
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...
Insecurity Increases As Afghans Register For 2009 Presidential Vote
Officials in Afghanistan have begun registering voters for next year’s presidential election, in which Afghan President Hamid Karzai says he will seek a second five-year term. The vote in autumn of 2009 will also include elections for the 34 local...
Rape Victims in Afghanistan Begin To Break The Silence
Sobbing and barely able to speak, a teenage girl from Afghanistan’s northern Takhar province describes the horror of being gang-raped at gunpoint. “They raped me for three days and nights. I felt like I was going crazy,” she said. “They...
First-Ever Olympic Medal for Afghanistan
Rohullah Nekpa made Olympic history in Beijing yesterday by becoming the first Afghan ever to win an Olympic medal — a bronze in Taekwondo. Most Afghans were unable to watch Nekpa, as only a few households have access to cable television channels...
