Specials - Archive     2003200420052006200720082009   • Who Exactly Is The Enemy?   • Afghanistan: Legal Opium?   • Questions Of Irregularities Continue To Cast Shadow   • Escape Of High-Level Al-Qaeda Member Causes Concern   • Journalist Association Head Says Harassment Of Journalists Likely To Increase   • Report: Alleged Taliban-Linked Drug Lord Extradited To United States   • Editor's Arrest On Blasphemy Charges Highlights Difficulties Facing Journalists   • PRTs Spreading, Though Impact Remains Unclear   • Dutch Verdicts Could Reopen Old Wounds   • Pakistan: Relief Worker Describes Race To Shelter Quake Survivors   • Afghan Foreign Minister Cautions Against Drawdown At Central Asian Bases   • Human Rights Commission Strives For Justice   • After Three Years Of Reconstruction, Government Says Country Is Back In Business   • Pakistan Hails Capture Of Taliban Spokesman As Breakthrough   • Are Suicide Attacks Likely To Increase?   • Top Security Official Resigns Amid Controversy   • Students Express Concern Over Country’s Transition   • RFE/RL Speaks With Country’s First Woman Governor   • RFE/RL Talks To Top Election Official   • Officials Praise Elections Despite Lower-Than-Expected Turnout   • Attack On Nuristani Highlights Threat To Female Candidates   • Key Parliamentary, Provincial Elections Approach   • Election Organizers Say Ink Problems Resolved   • Ballot Papers Feature Unique System Of Candidate Symbols   • Parliamentary Candidates Continue Campaigns Despite Violence   • EU Commissioner Urges New 'Compact' For Aid After Elections   • Pakistan Pushes Ahead With Refugee Camp Closures Near Afghan Border   • Neo-Taliban Free To Communicate With Media in Pakistan   • Opposition Leader Assesses Country's Foreign Relations   • What Does the Closure of a U.S. Military Base in Uzbekistan Mean?   • Large Protest Held At Main U.S. Air Base   • RFE/RL Interviews UN Special Rapporteur On Violence Against Women   • Inconsistencies In The State Of The War On Terrorism   • Violence Increasing In Afghanistan   • 'Loyal Opposition' Plans Election Strategy   • U.S. Forces Continue Campaign Against Taliban Strongholds In South   • Kabul Tells Pakistan To Do More As Battle With Taliban Rages Near Border   • 'Kandahar' Star's Memoir Captures Life Before And After Soviet Occupation   • Is Reconciliation With The Neo-Taliban Working?   •  Security Situation Deteriorates During May   • Amnesty International Says Afghan Women Still Facing Abuse   • Afghans Cautious On U.S. Military Bases   • Was Taliban Involved In Uzbek Violence?   • Afghan Kidnapper Presents Demands For Italian Aid Worker   • The Significance Of The Koran   • What Is Fueling The Anti-U.S. Demonstrations?   • Top U.S. General Says No Evidence Yet Found That Koran Was Defiled   • Changing Taliban Tactics Reflect Success Of Coalition Forces   • Afghan Students Make Political Demands As Violence Continues   • Karzai Rules Out Amnesty For Fugitive Taliban Leader Mullah Omar   • Fund Shortage Could Close Leprosy Shelter That Survived Taliban Killings   • Registration Begins For Parliamentary Elections   • Alleged Adulterer's Death Highlights Lack Of Rights For Women   • Disarmament In Afghanistan -- Which Militias And What Weapons?   • U.S., UN Say Alleged Afghan Drug Lord Supported Taliban Regime   • Minister Says Kabul Should Control Aid Flows   • Kabul Wants To Restore 'Historic Symbol of Democracy' For New Parliament   • World Health Day Report Focuses On 'Invisible Crisis' In Maternal, Infant Mortality   • Opposition Alliance Receives Official Praise, Popular Doubt   • Defense Minister Reiterates Desire For 'Enduring Arrangements' With U.S.   • Kabul Plays Musical Chairs With Afghan Security Chiefs   • UN Report Finds Downward Trend In Afghan Opium Cultivation   • Afghanistan's Incremental Democracy   • Death Toll From Floods Appears Lower Than Feared   • Afghanistan To Create Temporary Upper House Of Parliament   • Secretary Condoleezza Rice Gives Exclusive Interview to RFE/RL   • RFE/RL Interviews Former Taliban Involved In Reconciliation Talks   • U.S. Commander Expects Weaker Taliban Spring Offensive   •  Paris Think Tank Studies Possibility Of Legal Opium Farms   • Women Hail Progress But Say More Work Lies Ahead   •  Afghan Demonstrations Test Warlords-Turned-Administrators   •  Authorities Say Heroin Use Appears To Be Rising   • Afghanistan's National Human Development Report: Glass Half Full Or Half Empty   • Powerful Commander Gets High-Ranking Military Post   • Report Says Heroin Production Surges Inside Afghanistan   • Cold Weather Causes Hundreds Of Deaths In Afghanistan   • Pipelines Or Pipe Dreams?   • Karzai's India Visit Could Increase Regional Trade Links   • How Would Permanent U.S. Bases Impact Regional Interests?   • Report Warns Poverty Could Push Afghanistan Back Into Chaos   • Afghan Human Rights Report Sparks Internal Debate   • Self-Immolation By Women In Herat Continues At Alarming Rate   • Afghans Demand Reckoning With Past Abuses   • Relief Groups Criticize Anti-Drug Program   • Afghan Parliamentary Elections Face Legal Hurdle   • Kabul Confirms New Effort To Buy Back U.S.-Built Stinger Missiles   • Relations Between Tehran, Kabul Growing Stronger   • Analysis: Delay Foreseen For Afghan Elections   • Special Report: Probe Launched Into Failed Attack Against Commander   • Report: Antidrug Minister Vows Action But Says Farmers Need Aid, Alternative Incomes   • Government Prepares Population Estimates Needed To Create Parliament   • Karzai Turns Warlord Into Potential Ally   • Release Of Taliban Suspects Could Bolster Amnesty Talks   • Afghans Reportedly Being Arrested And Deported From Iran   • UN Envoy Cites Progress In Stabilization Effort   • Northwest Governor Says Foreign Militants Regrouping Near Afghan Border   • Media Expand Rapidly But Still Face Intimidation, Violence   • Cautious Optimism Emerges From Past 12 Months   homepage   Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty © 2005 RFE/RL, Inc. 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