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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: Nawaz Sharif, Armed Conflicts, Political Corruption, Kabul (Afghanistan), Unrest, Conflicts and War
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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: Environmental Issues, Justice and Rights, Kabul (Afghanistan), Crime, Law and Justice, Feminism
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Sharp rise in number Afghan women in prison for "moral crimes"
ReutersBy Amie Ferris-Rotman KABUL, May 21 (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...Tags: Human Rights, Labor Legislation, Justice and Rights, Crime, Law and Justice, Kabul (Afghanistan)
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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: Armed Conflicts, Kabul (Afghanistan), Unrest, Conflicts and War, Emergency Incidents, Taliban
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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: Coca-Cola Co., International Military Interventions, NATO, Kabul (Afghanistan), Unrest, Conflicts and War
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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: Nawaz Sharif, Philosophy, Justice and Rights, Crime, Law and Justice, Religion and Belief
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Suicide bomber kills senior official, 14 others in Afghan north
ReutersPOL-E-KHOMRI, Afghanistan, May 20 (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: Suicide, Armed Conflicts, Politics, Unrest, Conflicts and War, National Government
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Anti-Taliban Afghan police chief gunned down in motorcycle attack
This post has been corrected. See the note below for details.KABUL, Afghanistan -- A police chief who had stood up repeatedly to the Taliban was shot and killed in a drive-by attack by four insurgents on motorcycles, officials said Saturday. The police chief, Abdul Ghani, was leaving his driveway in his car...Tags: Armed Conflicts, Kabul (Afghanistan), Unrest, Conflicts and War, Taliban, Bombings
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U.S., Afghan diplomats work toward long-term agreement
KABUL, Afghanistan — Diplomats from the United States and Afghanistan met formally Saturday for just the second time since the two countries signed a Strategic Partnership Agreement a year ago as they sought to hammer out a pact defining Washington'...Tags: Human Rights, Labor Markets, Political Corruption, Justice and Rights, Crime, Law and Justice
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U.S. and Afghan officials meet for formal talks; progress declared
KABUL, Afghanistan – Diplomats from the United States and Afghanistan met formally Saturday for only the second time since the two countries inked a strategic partnership agreement a year ago as they sought to hammer out an agreement defining...
Tags: Human Rights, Political Corruption, Kabul (Afghanistan), Unrest, Conflicts and War, Pakistan
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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: NATO, Afghanistan, Central Intelligence Agency, The New York Times
May 22, 2013
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May 18, 2013
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May 11, 2013
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May 11, 2013
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May 25, 2013
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