In addition to monitoring corruption and development across Afghanistan, the list also focuses heavily on Pakistan and efforts to hunt down terrorists hiding there

Yesterday the EU observers denounced suspect validity of one third of the votes, which could overturn Karzai's victory in the first round

EU observers have alleged massive fraud

Mahammad Gurbanov, 56, works as a vendor and says he was asked on September 12 to pay extra customs on goods he had imported from Turkey

The party is seeking to shrug off its old image of a conservative rural party, recruiting many women and young technocrats

The day before, a Muslim mob attacked members of the dead man's Christian community, setting fire to their church

Later told that his deportation was not certain

Tajik officials say the re-registration of mosques, churches, and temples in the country is proceeding well despite a lack of participation by non-Muslim communities

Afghan journalists are calling for a boycott on reporting information about the Taliban in response to its continual kidnapping of journalists

A recommendation that Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev become the country's president-for-life is being publicized by the President's Office