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Afghanistan: Suicide bomb kills anti-Taliban elder
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A suicide bomber on foot killed an anti-Taliban village elder and at least three other people in a busy marketplace Wednesday in central Afghanistan, the latest in a wave of assassinations and bombings.(5/22/2013 12:08:27 PM) |
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Father of Afghanistan cricket captain abducted
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Gunmen kidnapped the father of Afghanistan's national cricket team captain near his home in an eastern city, officials said Thursday.(5/23/2013 5:17:47 AM) |
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Afghanistan’s Karzai Says ‘No Circumstances’ Allow Him to Seek Another Term
President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan has sought to dispel talk that he find a way to stay in power beyond his constitutionally mandated two terms.(5/22/2013 7:33:45 AM) |
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In Afghanistan, businesswomen must seek a delicate balance
Female entrepreneurs in male-dominated Afghanistan must walk a fine line as they try to raise their profile while staying below the Taliban's radar. KABUL, Afghanistan — Roya Mahboob navigates the potholes of doing business in Afghanistan like any other entrepreneur. Corruption is rife. Kidnappings are common. Bomb blasts remain an overarching reality. (5/23/2013 5:39:50 PM) |
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Afghanistan's Karzai gives India military equipment 'wish list'
By Ross Colvin NEW DELHI (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 army is in its interests. India wants to stabilize Afghanistan and is concerned about the resurgence of militant groups after foreign combat troops leave ...(5/22/2013 6:33:39 AM) |
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Which Is More Corrupt: Afghanistan or America?
KABUL, Afghanistan — None of President Hamid Karzai's top advisers knew that he had been receiving tens of millions of dollars in secret cash from the CIA, Afghanistan's senior anticorruption official said, and he added that he did not believe the Afghan leader's claim that he had been giving the agency regular receipts for the money.(5/21/2013 11:15:51 AM) |
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Afghanistan: Deadly 24 hours leave 14 police dead
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A coordinated Taliban assault on checkpoints in southern Afghanistan killed four police before a counterattack drove the insurgents back, Afghan officials said Tuesday. Also, at least 10 other police died in two attacks in the country's west.(5/21/2013 11:07:39 AM) |
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Roadside bomb kills 6 policemen in Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A powerful roadside bomb killed six policemen in western Afghanistan on Tuesday when their vehicle hit the explosives buried in the road, an Afghan official said.(5/21/2013 3:30:20 AM) |
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Afghanistan After America: Severely Hazardous to Women and Children
Last February, on the eve of her departure from the Obama administration, outgoing Secretary of State Hillary Clinton stood before a group of reporters in Washington, D.C., and made a pledge: “The well-being of women and girls in Afghanistan continues to be an enduring concern of the United States,” she said, promising to keep the issue “front and center.”(5/21/2013 6:00:10 PM) |
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Served in Afghanistan, slain in London
The British soldier killed in a cleaver attack was a ceremonial drummer. FULL STORY(5/23/2013 4:33:13 PM) |
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