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Afghanistan: 14 police killed in day of attacks as spring offensive tests Afghan forces
Associated PressKABUL, 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...Tags: Shootings, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Rebellions, Politics, Armed Conflicts
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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, Civil Rights, Religion and Belief, Politics
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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: Career and Workplace, Sex Crimes, Civil Rights, Prisons, Rape
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A moving novel about families
"And the Mountains Echoed" by Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead Books, 416 pages, $28.95. Khaled Hosseini is the author of both "Kite Runner" and "A Thousand Splendid Suns," which together have sold more than 38 million copies worldwide. "And the Mountains...Tags: Arts and Culture, Literature, Authors, Nabi
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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, Environmental Issues, Renewable Energy, International Law, Abusive Behavior
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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: Pakistan, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Landforms, U.S. Military, 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: Pakistan, International Military Interventions, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Coca-Cola Co., Afghanistan
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With end of Afghan war in sight, Europe pushes business
ReutersHERAT, Afghanistan (Reuters) - The European Union threw its weight behind developing Afghanistan's small but promising private sector this week, in the hope that business can usher in stability and peace once foreign troops leave by the end of next year....Tags: International Organizations, Unrest, Conflicts and War, European Union, Afghanistan, Foods and Beverages
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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: India, New Delhi (India), Pakistan, Nawaz Sharif, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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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: New Delhi (India), India, Pakistan, Al-Qaeda, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Khaled Hosseini on "And the Mountains Echoed"
Khaled Hosseini stormed the best-seller lists with his debut novel, “The Kite Runner,” in 2003, following it up with the even more popular “A Thousand Splendid Suns” in 2007. Both set in the author's native country of Afghanistan,...
Tags: Feminism, The Washington Post, Newspaper and Magazine, Fiction, The Wall Street Journal
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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: India, New Delhi (India), Pakistan, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Afghanistan
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