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RAW VIDEO: Dash-cam sheds light on plane crash that killed 5 from Michigan
New video seems to confirm that a civilian cargo plane that crashed at Bagram Air Field Monday, killing all seven people aboard, was NOT taken down by enemy action. Five of seven people killed in the crash are from Michigan. The Taliban quickly...
Tags: Kabul (Afghanistan), Boeing Co., Taliban, Unrest, Conflicts and War, National Transportation Safety Board
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US may leave no troops in Afghanistan beyond 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration says it might leave no troops in Afghanistan after December 2014, an option that defies the Pentagon's view that thousands of troops may be needed to contain al-Qaida and to strengthen Afghan forces....
Tags: Kabul (Afghanistan), Washington, DC, Afghanistan, Leon Panetta, Al-Qaeda
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Cut all ties to Afghanistan
The May 23 headline read, "Karzai: More peace after US withdrawal in 2014." You're kidding, right? I can't believe that we continue to stay in Afghanistan and stuff the pockets of Hamid Karzai and his goons. This guy has the gall to say "things will only...Tags: Afghanistan, The New York Times, Central Intelligence Agency, NATO
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Afghanistan's Karzai gives India military equipment "wish list"
ReutersBy Ross Colvin NEW DELHI, May 22 (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on Wednesday he had given a "wish list" of military equipment to India during a visit this week, presenting a conundrum for New Delhi as it weighs whether arming the Afghan...Tags: Kabul (Afghanistan), Military Equipment, India, Afghanistan, Government
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Afghan security concerns to ease after 2014, Karzai says
NEW DELHI -- Afghan security after the departure of foreign combat troops in 2014 will become easier because of the ill-advised, misdirected and often corrupt ways NATO and its contractors have pursued the "war on terror," Afghan President Hamid Karzai...
Tags: Kabul (Afghanistan), India, Afghanistan, Government, Iran
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Rights group: Dramatic spike in number of Afghan women jailed for 'moral crimes'
Associated PressKABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The number of Afghan women and girls jailed for "moral crimes" has risen dramatically in the past 18 months, raising concerns that gains in women's rights might be reversed with the withdrawal of most international troops...Tags: Kabul (Afghanistan), Afghanistan, Crime, Law and Justice, Feminism, Human Rights Watch
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Sharp rise in number Afghan women in prison for "moral crimes"
ReutersKABUL (Reuters) - About 600 Afghan women and girls are behind bars for so-called moral crimes, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Tuesday, the highest number since the Taliban were toppled almost twelve years ago. Running away from home, usually from abuse...Tags: Kabul (Afghanistan), Career and Workplace, Rape, Afghanistan, Justice System
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Afghan women's rights in peril, group says
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — The number of women and girls jailed by Afghan authorities for "moral crimes" has risen by 50% in the last year and a half, an alarming statistic that reflects the Afghan government's need to step up efforts to protect women'...
Tags: Kabul (Afghanistan), Environmental Issues, Rape, Government, Crime, Law and Justice
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Suicide bomb blast kills Afghan provincial leader, 12 others
KABUL, Afghanistan -- A suicide bomb blast killed a top leader of a northern Afghan province and at least 12 other people Monday, the latest in a step-up of attacks by Taliban insurgents ahead of Washington’s planned troop withdrawal at the end of...
Tags: Kabul (Afghanistan), Afghanistan, Landforms, Emergency Incidents, Suicide
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Pepsi to march in, as foreign troops leave Afghanistan
ReutersKABUL, May 20 (Reuters) - PepsiCo will open its first plant in Afghanistan in 2014, its Afghan partner said on Monday, the same year foreign troops complete their withdrawal from the country after 13 years of war. "It will go on stream in 2014," Hamed...Tags: Kabul (Afghanistan), Plant Openings, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Coca-Cola Co., Afghanistan
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Cause for hope -- and fear -- in Pakistan
There is reason for hope in Nawaz Sharif's victory in the recent Pakistani elections. Sharif, who has twice served as Pakistan's prime minister, has said he wants to build a more robust democracy, revive the country's shattered economy and end the...
Tags: Government, Crime, Law and Justice, Terrorism, Pervez Musharraf, Religious Conflicts
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Suicide bomber kills senior official, 14 others in Afghan north
ReutersPOL-E-KHOMRI, Afghanistan (Reuters) - A suicide bomber blew up a senior official and 14 others outside a government office in the northern Afghan province of Baghlan on Monday, police said. The bomber targeted Mohammad Rasoul Mohseni, head of the...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Suicide, Armed Conflicts
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