By: ALISSA J. RUBIN
In an interview with The New York Times, Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., the supreme military commander in Afghanistan, discussed the readiness of the Afghan security forces, his optimism that the Afgha...
By: PG
Under Obama's administration, if you meet with someone in a terrorist group and advise them to turn to nonviolent means, then that's material assistance to terrorism. Mike Stivers Interviews Noam Cho...
By: Al Pessin
BRUSSELS : The top NATO military commander says, with all the challenges still facing Afghanistan, he is only “cautiously optimistic” that the Afghan government and security forces will be able to mai...
By: Mirwais Harooni and Jeremy Laurence
KABUL: Afghan President Hamid Karzai could face the same grisly fate as the last Soviet-backed communist ruler by trusting the Taliban as he scrambles to secure a peace deal before NATO troops withdra...
By: PG
KABUL, Afghanistan: The top U.S. military chief in Afghanistan said Monday that his team is working as fast as possible to resolve issues that have infuriated Afghan President Hamid Karzai, including ...
By: PG
A new book, "Return of a King: The Battle for Afghanistan 1839-1842," draws on Afghanistan's violent history to provide lessons for its future. RFE/RL correspondent Abubakar Siddique spoke with the ...
By: MATTHEW ROSENBERG
The New York Times interviewed Gen. John. R. Allen on Sunday, a week before his scheduled departure from Afghanistan after 19 months as the commander of the American and allied forces. Following are...
By: Emma Graham-Harrison and Bill Neely
Transcript of the interview with the Afghan president conducted by the Guardian's Emma Graham-Harrison and the ITV News correspondent Bill Neely Q: President, thank you very much for talking to us, i...
By: Emma Graham-Harrison
In an exclusive interview with the Guardian in London, the president of Afghanistan explains why he still cannot take a holiday 12 years after taking power following the Taliban's fall It has been mo...
By: Shagufta Naaz
Pakistan may be one of the most male- dominated societies on the map, with discrimination against women being almost an institutionalised policy, but perhaps it is this debilitating environment itself...
By: Anna Yukhananov
WASHINGTON : Worries that instability could undermine the Afghan economy after most foreign troops leave in 2014 could send investors scurrying for the exits and harm the economy, even though growth p...
By: MICHAEL R. GORDON
WASHINGTON : As the Obama administration weighs how many troops to keep in Afghanistan after 2014, Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal cautioned that the United States still needs to keep forces there to help ...
By: Farid Behbud
KABUL: Afghanistan is not worried over the withdrawal of the NATO-led foreign troops from the country by the end of 2014, Afghan Second Vice President Mohammad Karim Khalili told Xinhua recently. "W...
By: Tabby Biddle
Zubeida Mustafa was the first woman to work in Pakistan’s mainstream media. That was more than 30 years ago. Today, because of Zubeida’s courage to use her voice, report on other women’s voices, and a...
By: PG
A few days after his visit to Kabul last week, NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen spoke with RFE/RL Radio Free Afghanistan correspondent Sultan Sarwar about the challenges facing Afghanistan...
By: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
Afghanistan's drug business poses a threat to the entire Central Asian region. But more regional trade, not just tighter borders, could help solve the problem. UN Office of Drug Control (UNODC) Execut...
By: Nick Hopkins
Sir Richard Stagg suggests process of withdrawal could be accelerated, and says Taliban are ready to talk The international community has been hand-holding Afghanistan for long enough and Kabul shoul...
By: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
The United States has formally handed over control of Bagram prison to Afghan authorities. Yet despite this, U.S. officials say they still have the authority to "capture and detain" -- much to the dis...
By: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
From Iran's glorious past as the ancient world's first superpower to Russia’s present and continuing obsession with protecting its territory, acclaimed American journalist and author Robert Kaplan’s l...
By: GORDON LUBOLD
An exclusive interview with Gen. John Allen, commander of America's forgotten war. The lack of a clearly defined narrative about Afghanistan, combined with election noise and economic worries in the ...
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Afghans Say New Bodies Have Been Found Near a Former U.S. Base
Kabul, Afghanistan: Soon after family members found what they believe ...
US: Taliban Inflicting Heavy Losses on Afghan Troops
BRUSSELS: The U.S. commander in Afghanistan, General Joseph Dunford, ...
Growing Up An Afghan Warlord's Son
Renee Montagne recently returned from a reporting trip to Afghanistan....
Afghan interpreters' UK resettlement package 'completely inadequate'
Package announced by defense secretary Philip Hammond attacked for exp...
US, Germany, Italy vow key Afghan roles post-2014
BRUSSELS: Germany and Italy will join the United States as "lead nati...
Soldier pleads guilty in massacre of 16 Afghans
JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash: The American soldier accused of killin...
Coalition Deliberates Afghan Presence
Brussels: The top commander of the U.S.-led military coalition in Afg...
In Afghanistan, grief for a husband who shouldn't have died
Khosh Gombat, Afghanistan: Whenever Bibi Laila heard the all-too-fami...
