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Breaking News: moral crimes women engulfing women in Afganistan
Posted by: usmansafi

Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated 2013-05-23 21:54:33 -0700 | disasters-news

The number of women and girls in Afghanistan jailed for "moral crimes" has increased by 50% in the last 18 months, Human Rights Watch says many are jailed because of running away from home, forced marriages or domestic violence. Others...
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Breaking News: War Again Starts In Afghanistan: Taliban Raid Helmand province
Posted by: usmansafi

Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated 2013-05-23 21:55:16 -0700 | disasters-news

The Taliban, aided by foreign fighters, have tried to overrun the district of Sangin in Afghanistan's southern Helmand province, triggering a two-day battle that seemed to be abating by Tuesday night, Afghan officials said. At least four Afghan policemen and...
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Breaking News: Taliban attack Tests Coalition's expands
Posted by: rooys

Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated 2013-05-23 21:55:43 -0700 | disasters-news

Kabul – Afghanistan - The Taliban, helped by outside warriors, have tried to overwhelm the locale of Sangin in Afghanistan's southern Helmand province, triggering a two-day fight that appeared to be subsiding by Tuesday night, Afghan officials told. Almost four...
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Breaking News: Women be protected  Against Violance in Afghanistan say UN
Posted by: usmansafi

Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated 2013-05-23 22:01:03 -0700 | disasters-news

The U.N. Assistance Mission in Afghanistan is urging authorities to fully implement the Elimination of Violence Against Women law, a news release states. "Progress in implementing the EVAW law contributes to deterring harmful practices and protecting women from violence in...
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Source: Mail Online UK

Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated 2013-05-21 06:49:56 -0700 | disasters-news

21 May 2013 A heroin addict father smokes the deadly drug contentedly as his two innocent children sit watching him adoringly. The oblivious man is part of a growing epidemic in the war-torn country of Afghanistan, which has seen the...
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Breaking News: Bomb by Roadside Blows-Up 6 Afghan Policemen
Posted by: fibonnaci

Herāt :: Afghanistan | updated 2013-05-23 22:05:19 -0700 | disasters-news

Kabul, Afghanistan – An Afghan official says a roadside shell has murdered six policemen in the nation's west. The officers' vehicle hit the explosives planted in the street they were driving on Tuesday morning in Herat area. Area Police Chief...
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Breaking News: Afghan president to seek military aid during India trip
Posted by: StephenManual

Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated 2013-05-24 06:32:49 -0700 | disasters-news

Afghan President Hamid Karzai is scheduled to visit India this week and will reportedly try to secure a military aid deal. He will hold detailed meetings with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and President Parnab Mukherji. The visit of Afghan...
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Source: San Francisco Bay View

Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated 2013-05-18 15:53:48 -0700 | disasters-news

May 18, 2013 by the State Council Information Office of the People's Republic of China The State Department of the United States recently released its Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2012 , posing as the world judge of...
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Breaking News: Afghan police head shot dead out-of-doors home.
Posted by: mashfaq90

Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated 2013-05-24 03:43:56 -0700 | disasters-news

MOTORCYCLE-RIDING gunmen have shot dead a policemanman head who led an anti-Taliban campaign in western Afghanistan in front of his dwelling, an authorized states. Abdul Ghani was departing his driveway in his vehicle when the two raced up and opened...
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Posted by: northsunm32

Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated 2013-05-24 07:59:25 -0700 | disasters-news

An April 6 airstrike in Kunar Province in Afghanistan killed 18 people, including at least 11 children, according to Afghan government authorities. However, Gen. Joseph Dunford denies categorically that any of the deaths were the result of airstrikes. Of the...
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Source: Mail Tribune

Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated 2013-05-17 03:04:31 -0700 | disasters-news

MailTribune.com Mail Tribune The sister of a Medford man accused of killing his wife pleaded not guilty Thursday to multiple Measure 11 charges alleging her involvement in plotting the murder of a star witness scheduled to testify against her brother....
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Source: BBC

Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated 2013-05-16 15:41:02 -0700 | disasters-news

The Boston marathon bombing suspect wrote a message in a boat where he hid, describing victims of the attack as "collateral damage", US media report. In the note, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev also reportedly wrote that his brother was a martyr, adding:...
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Breaking News: Suicide bomber kills 15 in Afghanistan
Posted by: StephenManual

Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated 2013-05-23 23:01:25 -0700 | disasters-news

A suicide bombing in Afghanistan has claimed lives of more than 15 people. The suicide bomber targeted a foreign military convoy in Kabul, killing two US soldiers and four civilian contractors and leaving around 35 people injured. Nine Afghan civilians,...
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Posted by: northsunm32

Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated 2013-05-24 08:11:26 -0700 | disasters-news

Military activities usually are expensive. According to defense analysts the total cost to withdraw from Afghanistan could be $7 billion. While the Pentagon spends hundreds of billions annually in Afghanistan, the withdrawal costs still seem quite significant just to leave...
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Breaking News: Taliban suicide blast kills 15 in Kabul, 2 are NATO soldiers
Posted by: prabirghose

Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated 2013-05-24 08:14:08 -0700 | disasters-news

A Taliban suicide bomber drove his Toyota Corolla car packed with explosives into an armored SUV that was carrying NATO troops and civilians in Kabul. The explosion killed six passengers and nine Afghan civilian passersby - two of the dead...
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