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—Habib Khan Totakhil contributed to this article. Girls' schools, once prohibited by the Taliban, are now encouraged. Above, young girls wait with their mothers outside a school in Kandahar. KABUL—When the Taliban ruled Afghanistan in the 1990s, Maulvi Q
National Coalition of Afghanistan leader Abdullah Abdullah speaks during the launch of a new coalition bloc in Kabul December 22, 2011. Dozens of Afghan political parties launched a new coalition bloc on Thursday hoping to pose a stronger challenge to... View Photo »
In the first phase of his presidency, Karzai used the international community as a leverage against his internal rivals ... In the second phase he is provoking the local people against the international community using nationalistic and conservative ideas to give a sense of foreign occupation.
MK Bhadrakumar Image: Afghan women in the town of Bagram, north of Kabul. Photographs: Ahmad Masood/Reuters Pakistan will not cooperate with the US in Afghanistan unless and until the latter accepts its central role in the search for a settlement and acc
Murphy, www.seamusmurphy.com, began documenting Afghanistan in 1994. “It was an extraordinary time to be there,” he says. The Soviets had pulled out in defeat five years earlier, leaving behind much destruction. That was followed by a civil war. “It wasn
By Yaroslav Trofimov And Maria Abi-Habib KABUL—The Taliban ruled out recognizing the Afghan Constitution or the "stooge Kabul administration" of President Hamid Karzai, even as they open negotiations with the U.S. , underscoring the challenges faced by th
Dr. Abdullah Abdullah a former foreign minister and President Karzai's rival in the 2004 elections talks during a gathering of his 'Change and Hope' coalition in Kabul on November 13, 2011. Dr. Abdullah announced that he would not participate in the... View Photo »
The leader of Afghanistan's main opposition bloc has criticized the U.S.-led peace talks with the Taliban, following a meeting with U.S. members of Congress in Berlin. Abdullah Abdullah told RFE/RL's Radio Free Afghanistan that peace negotiations with t
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Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah sits on a carpet while interacting with the media at the end of an election rally in central Bamiyan province, in this July 29, 2009 file photo. Ten years ago, U.S. forces began bombing Afghanistan in retaliation against its Taliban rulers...
View Photo »National Coalition of Afghanistan leader Abdullah Abdullah speaks during the launch of a new coalition bloc in Kabul December 22, 2011. Dozens of Afghan political parties launched a new coalition bloc on Thursday hoping to pose a stronger challenge to the government of President Hamid...
View Photo »Afghan youths pose for a picture as they sport shirts bearing portraits of Brazilian football player Kaka (L) and Afghan politician Abdullah Abdullah at an old military fort on the Shah Ara Hilltop in Kabul on May 29, 2011. Despite massive injections of foreign aid since the fall of the...
View Photo »Afghan government opposition leader Abdullah Abdullah waves to supporters as he makes a speech during an Afghan government opposition rally in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday May 5, 2011.
View Photo »Afghan government opposition leader Abdullah Abdullah wears a green wristband reading " Basij e Melli" which is a symbol of the National Movement, during an Afghan government opposition rally in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday May 5, 2011.
View Photo »Afghan government opposition leader Abdullah Abdullah, left, and former Afghan intelligence Chief Amrullah Saleh, 2nd left, point to security forces to open space for the media personnel during an Afghan government opposition rally in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday May 5, 2011.
View Photo »Former Afghan Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah speaks during a discussion on 'Building a Secure and Peaceful Afghanistan' in Washington on April 19, 2011.
View Photo »CORRECTING DATE Afghan women's rights activists from the Blue Wave organisation attend a campaign event for their endorsed presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah, one of the 41 contenders in the upcoming Afghan presidential election, in Kabul on August 3, 2009. Afghanistan's people...
View Photo »A supporter of former Afghan foreign affairs minister and presidential candidate, Abdullah Abdullah attends an election gathering in Kabul on July 30, 2009. Afghanistan's insurgent Taliban movement demanded on July 30 that voters boycott August 20 presidential elections and instead...
View Photo »Leader of the opposition Coalition for Change and Hope, Abdullah Abdullah (2nd R), parliamentarians and officials stand before the coffin of slain former President Burhanuddin Rabbani, during his funeral ceremony at the presidential palace in Kabul September 23, 2011. Weeping Afghans...
View Photo »Abdullah Abdullah, opposition leader of Afghan President Hamid Karzai, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Feb. 28, 2011. "Two forces which are acting against the democratic process, unfortunately, today, are the government of Afghanistan...
View Photo »In this Sunday, May 29, 2011 photo, Abdullah Abdullah, former foreign minister under President Hamid Karzai, and current opposition leader, speaks during the funeral ceremony in Farkhar, Takhar north of Kabul, Afghanistan for Gen. Daud Daud. Daud, an ethnic Tajik, was the fifth minority...
View Photo »Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah sits on a carpet while interacting with the media at the end of an election rally in central Bamiyan province, in this July 29, 2009 file photo. Ten years ago, U.S. forces began bombing Afghanistan in retaliation against its Taliban rulers...
View Photo »In the first phase of his presidency, Karzai used the international community as a leverage against his internal rivals ... In the second phase he is provoking the local people against the international community using nationalistic and conservative ideas to give a sense of foreign occupation.
