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January 24, 2013
Afghan Torture Allegations Shine Spotlight On Prisoner Transfers

The Afghan government has come under intense international pressure after claims of widespread torture in its prisons. Could the allegations derail the transfer of detainees from NATO to Afghan control?

January 24, 2013
Karzai Brother Prepares Political Bid

Mahmud Karzai, a brother of Afghanistan's president, has told RFE/RL he has renounced his U.S. citizenship in order to launch a political career.
January 22, 2013
Cold Kills 17 In Afghan Camps

Cold weather has killed 17 people in camps for internally displaced people in Afghanistan so far this month.
January 22, 2013
Casualties Reported In Afghan Drone Attacks

Authorities in the eastern Afghan province of Nuristan say U.S. drone attacks have inflicted more than 30 casualties on suspected militants.
January 22, 2013
Afghan Taliban Slams Video-Gaming Prince Harry

As Britain's Prince Harry ends his second combat tour of duty in Afghanistan, a comment about his skill as a helicopter gunner has led the Taliban to brand him a "coward."
January 22, 2013
Karzai Orders Prison Torture Probe

Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai has assigned a team to investigate claims by the United Nations that prisoners in government custody were being tortured and abused.
January 22, 2013
Prince Harry Ends Afghan Deployment

Prince Harry, the third in line to the British throne, is on his way back home after his second tour of duty in Afghanistan.
January 21, 2013
Afghan Officials Deny Torture In Prisons

Afghan officials have denied claims by the United Nations that prisoners in government custody were being tortured.
January 21, 2013
Afghanistan Returns Impounded Tajik Helicopters

Afghanistan has agreed to return two Tajik helicopters impounded by Kabul last summer over a tax dispute.
January 21, 2013
Militants Attack Kabul Police Station

Fighting was reported in western Kabul after a series of coordinated attacks struck the headquarters of the city's traffic police. Police said that several suicide bombers were shot dead as they tried to enter the building. A car bomb detonated nearby an hour later. (Sabawoon, RFE/RL's Radio Free Afghanistan)
January 21, 2013
Insurgents Hit Police Facility In Kabul

Insurgents have launched a coordinated attack on the headquarters of the Kabul traffic police in the west of the capital. Fighting is reported continuing around the building after it was first struck early on January 21 by suicide bombers, followed an hour later by a car bomb. Here are images from the attack and the security response.
January 21, 2013
Standoff With Afghan Insurgents Ends

A shoot-out with insurgents at Kabul's traffic-police headquarters has come to an end after Afghan security forces killed the five militants barricaded inside the building. Three traffic-police officers were killed and 18 people were wounded.

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Thursday 24 January 2013

Afghan Torture Allegations Shine Spotlight On Prisoner Transfers

Karzai Brother Prepares Political Bid

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Afghan Taliban Slams Video-Gaming Prince Harry

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