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U.S. Special Envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke said at an RFE/RL event that “the profileration of extremist propaganda by the Taliban needs to be dealt with head-on.”

In a historic debate today in Kabul, Afghan President Hamid Karzai was challenged by two of his main opponents in next week’s presidential election on issues of government corruption, foreign…

On August 16, RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service, known locally as Radio Svoboda, will mark 55 years of broadcasting uncensored news and information to the people of Ukraine.

On Sunday, August 16, RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan, known locally as Radio Azadi, is hosting the first and only debate featuring President Hamid Karzai and his two main challengers in…

On the one-year anniversary of the Russian-Georgian War, RFE/RL’s journalists take stock of the current situation on the ground.

RFE/RL President Jeffrey Gedmin told Congress today that RFE/RL “remains on the cutting edge of the struggle for human rights, democracy, and media freedom.”

During a visit to RFE/RL’s Prague headquarters today, Romanian President Traian Basescu compared neighboring Moldova’s recent post-election protests to Romania’s 1989 anti-communist revolt.

RFE/RL’s Belarus Service, Radio Svaboda, is devoting all of today’s broadcasts and online stories to the plight of Belarusian political prisoners.

Shortly after meeting with President Obama in Moscow, Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov told RFE/RL that “Russian democracy is our problem, not America’s.”