Specials - Archive     200320042005200620072008   • New Cabinet Faces Major Challenges   • 25 Years Later, Soviet Invasion Of Afghanistan Remembered As Cold War's Last Gasp   • Afghan President Faces Challanges In Forming Cabinet   • Progress In Afghanistan Points To Challenges Ahead   • HRW Urges U.S. To 'Get Serious' About Detainee Abuse After New Revelations   • President Declares Holy War Against Drugs   • People’s Reactions And Comments To The Newly Inaugurated Afghan President Hamid Karzai   • Difficult Choices, Constitutional Dilemmas Confront Afghan President   •  Karzai Sworn In As Afghan President   • For Abducted Girl, Fear Of Honor Killing By Relatives Follows A Rape   • Three UN Hostages Freed In Afghanistan   • Spokesman Denies Splits In Taliban, Condemns Kidnapping Women   • UN Says Opium Production Presents 'Clear and Present Danger'   • Tajiks Begins Taking Over Guard Duties From Russians On Afghan-Tajik Border   • NATO Chief Affirms Expansion Of Security Force In West Of Country   • UN Peacekeeping Chief Warns Against Complacency In Afghanistan   • Kidnapping In Kabul: By Whom And For What?   • With Presidential Election Recognized, Focus Shifts To Karzai's Future Cabinet   • Despite Advances, Rights Expert Raises Alarm At Insecurity   • Experts Voice Concern Over 2005 Afghan Parliamentary Elections   • Karzai Seen Winning Outright First-Round Victory   • Media Free Of Attacks During Election, Say Watchdogs   • Karzai Awaits Official Declaration Of Presidential Victory   • Former Taliban Commander Says He Sees Chances For Reconciliation   • Government Working To Improve Key Customs Services, With U.S. Help   • Iran Issues Doublespeak Over Afghan Election   • Vote Count, Finally Under Way, Is Paused For Start Of Ramadan   • Afghans Debate Fairness Of Election, Look Ahead To Parliamentary Vote   • Expectations Confront Afghan Polling Reality   • NATO Chief Not Ruling Out More Alliance Involvement In Afghanistan   • UN Official Hails Vote As 'Special Event'   • Alleged Warlord Faces Torture Trial In Britain   • U.S., Afghan Officials Say Security Efforts Ensured Smooth Elections   • Election Officials Try To Learn From Mistakes In Vote   • Officials Begin To Assess Vote, Claims Of Fraud   • Afghan Expectations Confront Polling Reality   • Interview: Influential Afghan Party Rift Opens On Eve Of Election   • UN, NGOs Under Curfew, In 'Hibernation' Ahead Of Vote   • Despite Problems, UN Chief Expects Voters to Express Their Will   • Special UN Envoy Sees Country In 'Delicate Moment'   • Security Concerns Keep International Monitors Away From Polls   • Election Officials, Security Forces Prepare For Presidential Poll   • Afghan Leader Counsels Patience   • Human Rights Watch Afghanistan Report Summary   • HRW Says Presidential Elections Troubled   •  U.S. General Warns Of Terrorist Plans   • Life In Two Cultures -- Afghan Children In The West   • Is Herat A Prelude To The End Of Afghan Warlordism?   • Karzai Aides In Political Talks With Chief Rival   • Asian ECO Leaders Create Reconstruction Fund   • Violence May Signal Final Phase In Effort Against Ismail Khan   • Legacy Of Ahmad Shah Massoud Invoked In Election Campaign   • UN, Afghan Rights Group Warn of Election Shortcomings   • Nangarhar Province Governor Speaks With RFE/RL On Elections, Drugs, And Security   • Deadly Explosions Raise Fears About Security Ahead Of Vote   • Interview: Afghan Minister Of Reconstruction Speaks To RFE/RL   • Interview: Afghan Vice Presidential Candidate Speaks With RFE/RL   • Former Afghan President Says Election Process May Divide Afghan People   • Government Tries To End Battling Between Warlords In West   • NATO, U.S. Will Not Accept Full Responsibility For Fairness Of Election   • U.S.-Led Coalition Reports Success From Former Taliban Heartland   • NATO's Top General Says Taliban Defeated   •  'We Must Back The Program, Not The Personality' In Afghanistan   • Candidate Alleges UN-Afghan Board Violated Election Law   • Interview with US Envoy to Afghanistan Zalmai Khalilzad on Situation in the Country Ahead of October’s Elections   • Analysis: Mas'ud's Legacy   • With No Money or Military, Lone Female Presidential Candidate Depends On Supporters For Strength   • Kabul After A Quarter Of A Century: A Personal Perspective   • EU Announces More Financial Support for Afghan Elections   • Doctors Without Borders Pulls Out Of War-Torn Country   • Analyst Says Karzai's Power Play Just May Work   • New Challenge To Karzai In Afghanistan   • Registration Ends With Karzai Facing Unexpected Rival in Yunus Qanooni   • NATO Mission Bears Signs Of Continuing U.S.-French Tensions   • Karzai Removes Militia Leaders From Military Posts   • U.S. Envoy Says Free Elections, Disbanding Militias Key To Country's Future   • Karzai Signs Decree Against Uncooperative Warlords   • Afghan Parliamentary Elections Delayed   • UN, National Officials Discuss Dates For Elections   • NATO Chief Says Details Of Afghan Troop Increases To Be 'Worked Out'   • Taliban Targeting Would-Be Afghan Voters   • Among Nomads, Voter Education Is A Difficult And Dangerous Task   • Istanbul Summit To Make More Aid A Priority   • Claim Of Beheadings Remain Unconfirmed   • Disarmament Program Seen As Key To Post-Taliban Transition   • National Army Delays Deployment To Ghor Province   • Afghanistan Wants Greater NATO Involvement   • Afghan Leader Thanks U.S., Urges Continued Help   • Drug Trade Is Focus Of U.S. Congressional Hearing   • Experts Ponder Motives Behind Karzai's Private Talks With Afghan Warlords   • UN Spokesman Says Violence Won't Delay Elections   • Country Registers Its First AIDS Deaths   • New Election Law Paves Way For September Polls   • Election Process Still Threatened By Insecurity   • NATO Parliamentarian Warns Of 'Narco-State'   • U.S. General To Investigate Detention Centers   • Can The U.S. Ensure Security For Afghan Elections?   • As Kabul Appeals To Opponents, Radical Faction Makes Peace Gesture   • Conference On Reconstruction Ends With Call For Regional Unity   • Iraqi Prisoner Scandal Shines Light On Treatment Of Afghan Detainees   • As Kabul Appeals To Opponents, Radical Faction Makes Peace Gesture   • US Embassy Press Release on Hizb-i-Islami   • Karzai Calls On Taliban To Participate In Elections   •    • Crisis In Northern Afghanistan   • Battles Highlight Struggle Between Warlords, Central Government   •    • Donors Conference Focuses On Security   • U.S. Coordinator For Afghanistan Discusses Berlin Donors Conference   • Author Awaits Happy Ending To 'Sewing Circles Of Herat'   • Disarming Militias Seen As Critical To Success Of Peace Process   • U.S. Coordinator Discusses Berlin Donors' Conference   • American-Afghan Returns Home To A Different Country As A Different Man   • Minister's Death Threatens To Plunge Western Afghanistan Into Chaos   • NATO Secretary-General Discusses Afghanistan   • New National Army Bases Planned In Four Provinces   • U.S.-led Command Teams Fight Taliban With Unconventional Warfare   • U.S. Forces Begin Spring Offensive   • Dispute Erupts Over Afghan Minister's Purported Resignation   • Rights Group Criticizes U.S. Military Conduct   • U.S. Investigates Taliban 'Night Letters' Threatening Villagers   • Rights Activists Temper U.S. Picture Of Progress For Women   • Buildup For U.S. Offensive No Secret In Afghanistan   • PRTs Fight Taliban With Bridges, Roads, And Schools   • PRTs Go Beyond Humanitarian Issues Into Security Realm   • Self-Immolation Of Women On The Rise In Western Provinces   • Pakistan Clamps Down On Al-Qaeda, Taliban Suspects As Reports Fly Over Bin Laden's Whereabouts   • U.S. Optimistic About Defeating Extremists   • U.S. Expert Discusses Possible Delay In June Election   • EU Delegation Arrives To Discuss Timing Of Elections, Security   • Land Mines From Afghan-Soviet War Leave Bitter Legacy (Part 2)   • Experts Say Soviet Military Withdrawal Holds Lessons For Future (Part 1)   • EU Parliament Debate Largely Pessimistic About Country’s Future   • Drugs: Afghanistan's Neglected Time Bomb   • Hurdles In Implementing The New Afghan Constitution   • Experts Unconvinced Islamabad Didn't Know About Nuclear Transfers   • Afghanistan's Deputy Interior Minister On Recent Acts Of Terrorism In Kabul.   • Debate Over Broadcasts Of Female Singers Highlights Divisions In Society   • 'Osama' Wins Golden Globe For Best Foreign Film   • NATO's Role Beyond Konduz   • Dostum Defends Delays On Disarmament; Proposes New Force   • Parliament Committee Debates Afghanistan's Lingering Difficulties   • U.S. Rejects Claims of Afghan Civilian Deaths, Rules Out 'Poor Intelligence'   • Experts Suspect Nuclear Trail From Islamabad To Iran, Libya, North Korea   • Domestic Politics, Tribal Law Complicate Pakistan's Hunt for Al Qaida   • Interview with Zalmay Khalilzad, US special Envoy and Ambassador to Afghanistan   • Kabul-Kandahar Road Marks Reconstruction Step   • Kabul TV Lifts Ban On Women Singers   • Pakistani Prime Minister Vows To Join Kabul In Fight Against Terrorism   • Loya Jirga Approves Constitution, But Hard Part May Have Only Just Begun   • Annan Says Lack Of Security Threatens Elections   • Round Table Discussion On Loya Jirga   homepage   Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty © 2005 RFE/RL, Inc. 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