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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: Armed Conflicts, Pakistan, Wars and Interventions, Kabul (Afghanistan), New Delhi (India)
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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: Armed Conflicts, Pakistan, Political Corruption, Kabul (Afghanistan), New Delhi (India)
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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: Islam, Feminism, Kabul (Afghanistan), Justice and Rights, Taliban
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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: Labor Legislation, Kabul (Afghanistan), Justice and Rights, Taliban, Prisons
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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: Pakistan, Wars and Interventions, Kabul (Afghanistan), Criminals, 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: Bombings, Armed Conflicts, Landforms, Wars and Interventions, Pakistan
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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: International Military Interventions, Afghanistan, Wars and Interventions, Pakistan, Kabul (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: International Monetary Fund, Haqqani Network, Philosophy, Mohammed Omar, Wars and Interventions
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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: Armed Conflicts, Suicide, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Afghanistan's Karzai seeks Indian military aid amid tensions with Pakistan
ReutersKABUL (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai plans to discuss potential arms deals with Indian officials during a trip to New Delhi this week, officials said, at a time when tensions are running high on Afghanistan's disputed border with Pakistan....Tags: Afghanistan, Wars and Interventions, Pakistan, Kabul (Afghanistan), New Delhi (India)
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Afghan president to seek military aid on visit to India amid border tensions with Pakistan
Associated PressKABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghan President Hamid Karzai will seek increased military aid from India during a three-day visit starting Monday and will discuss recent cross-border clashes with Pakistan, India's archrival, an aide said. The comments...Tags: Al-Qaeda, Afghanistan, Armed Conflicts, Wars and Interventions, Pakistan
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UPDATE 1-Afghanistan's Karzai seeks Indian military aid amid tensions with Pakistan
Reuters(Adds Pakistan ex-brigadier comment) By Hamid Shalizi KABUL, May 19 (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai plans to discuss potential arms deals with Indian officials during a trip to New Delhi this week, officials said, at a time when tensions are...Tags: Afghanistan, Pakistan, Wars and Interventions, Kabul (Afghanistan), New Delhi (India)
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