Few people have made their names by meeting one of the world's most-wanted men, but Essam al-Ridi is one.
A farmer in Jalalabad Province (file photo) (epa) September 10, 2006 -- The London-based Christian Aid warns people in Afghanistan could face starvation after drought destroyed much of the harvest in the north and west.
September 10, 2006 -- Afghanistan's Taliban has claimed responsibility for today's assassination of the governor of southeastern Paktia Province, RFE/RL's Radio Free Afghanistan reported.
Afghanistan is observing the fifth anniversary of the assassination of legendary Afghan field commander Ahmad Shah Mas'ud.
September 9, 2006 -- The NATO-led security force in Afghanistan says NATO and Afghan troops have killed more than 50 insurgents in the past 24 hours of Operation Medusa in southern Afghanistan.
September 8, 2006 -- A NATO spokesman says the alliance's military chiefs expressed "broad agreement" today that its force in Afghanistan needs reinforcement.
Islamabad says a cease-fire deal signed this week with pro-Taliban militants near the border with Afghanistan could end years of unrest in Pakistan's tribal regions. The accord -- signed with militants in North Waziristan -- calls on local tribesmen to expel foreign militants and end cross-border attacks into Afghanistan. In return, Pakistan's military say it will reduce its presence in the tribal areas.
Five years after 9/11, Central Asia's governments are increasingly cracking down on domestic dissent under the pretext of fighting terror.
(RFE/RL) WASHINGTON, September 8, 2006 (RFE/RL) -- The UN's drug and crime watchdog's upcoming report presents a bleak picture of the counternarcotics effort in Afghanistan.
KABUL, September 8, 2006 (RFE/RL) -- Up to 16 people are reported to have been killed in a suicide car-bomb attack close to the U.S. Embassy in the Afghan capital, Kabul.
Efforts to rebuild Afghanistan are being overshadowed by resurgent Taliban violence, a thriving opium trade, warlordism, government corruption, and slow economic development.
WASHINGTON, September 6, 2006 (RFE/RL) -- In the five years since the attacks of September 11, 2001, the United States has spent an estimated $430 billion on what President George W. Bush calls the global war on terrorism.
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