RFE/RL's Radio Free Afghanistan is an online pioneer and media leader in the country, reaching 25 percent of the adult audience nationally with reporting that promotes human rights and peace on radio, SMS, and the Internet.
Talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban have halted in recent weeks as extremists launched a new wave of attacks. But two former combatants say they're still holding out hope for the peace process and an eventual end to the conflict.
On May 12, 2020, gunmen stormed the maternity ward of a Kabul hospital, killing and wounding dozens. Amena Sharifi suffered a gunshot wound just hours after birth, and her mother was killed. But one year and two operations later, Amena is ready to begin walking like any toddler.
RFE/RL correspondent Mohammad Ilyas Dayee was known for his intrepid reporting in Afghanistan's Helmand Province. In November 2020, he was killed by a bomb attached to his car. It was just one of many targeted attacks in the past year that have silenced vital voices in Afghanistan's embattled media.
Driven by poverty, people in Afghanistan's Badakhshan Province are risking their lives to illegally mine gold in the mountains.
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