RFE/RL's Radio Azadi is one of the most popular and trusted media outlets in Afghanistan. Nearly half of the country's adult audience accesses Azadi's reporting on a weekly basis.
Afghan officials say a girl and a boy have been killed in an acid attack in central Afghanistan.
An Afghan High Peace Council member said that the United States had agreed in principle to set free four or five Taliban prisoners from its detention center in Guantanamo Bay.
A former Afghan governor has denied allegations that he was involved in the May 2009 killing of a U.S. colonel and a female U.S. soldier in Kapisa Province.
The chairman of Afghanistan's Senate, Fazal Hadi Muslimyar, has reacted angrily to a speech by Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad during a regional conference in Dushanbe earlier this week.
NATO-led forces say a senior commander of the Al-Qaeda-linked Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU) has been killed by allied troops in northwestern Afghanistan.
An Afghan official has told RFE/RL's Radio Free Afghanistan that families who lost relatives in the Kandahar massacre by a U.S. soldier have been paid compensation.
Afghanistan's cricketers have achieved another sporting high for the nation by qualifying for the Twenty20 World Cup for only the second time in Afghan history.
A German-Afghan man whose information sparked terrorism warnings across Europe in 2010 went on trial in Germany on charges that he was a member of terrorist groups.
The U.S. soldier suspected of killing 16 Afghan civilians has been named.
Officials from Afghanistan's largest prison say some 100 inmates have gone on hunger strike over their alleged mistreatment at the facility.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai said he is nearly ready to sign a general Strategic Partnership Agreement with the United States.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has condemned a shooting spree by a U.S. soldier whom he says killed 16 Afghan civilians -- including nine children and three women -- and has demanded an explanation from NATO.
Officials in Afghanistan say at least 40 people have been killed from avalanches that struck two villages in the mountainous northeast of the country.
Information has emerged about the arrests of four Afghan officials for allegedly spying on behalf of neighboring Iran and Pakistan.
The office of Afghanistan's Attorney General alleges that female Senator Fawzia Sadaat has links with a criminal group involved in kidnapping.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has invited the Taliban leadership to direct talks with his government, while urging Pakistan to help with negotiations.
A prominent female lawmaker has repeated her intention to run for Afghanistan's presidency when current President Hamid Karzai's term runs out in two years' time, suggesting she sees signs that gender bias is easing among some Afghans.
An Afghan official has confirmed that at least 16 children have died in refugee camps outside the capital this month due to record freezing temperatures.
Local authorities in the northern Afghan province of Balkh have stepped in to provide assistance to a young mother who had expressed dismay at how she would be able to care for her six newborns. Sara Gul delivered three boys and three girls early on January 24.
