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UN says more accountability needed on Afghanistan's Kabulbank scandal
Reuters* Kabulbank collapsed in 2010 after $935 million stolen * UN says jail sentences in case were "relatively light" By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS, June 13 (Reuters) - More people must be held accountable for the 2010 collapse of Afghanistan's...Tags: Ban Ki-moon, Afghanistan, Kabul (Afghanistan), Heroin, National Government
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U.N. says more accountability needed on Afghanistan's Kabulbank scandal
ReutersUNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - More people must be held accountable for the 2010 collapse of Afghanistan's Kabulbank and robust action on asset recovery and financial regulation is essential to ease foreign donor worries and ensure continued aid, the United...Tags: Ban Ki-moon, Afghanistan, Kabul (Afghanistan), Heroin, National Government
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Afghanistan Sikhs, already marginalized, are pushed to the brink
KABUL, Afghanistan — Outsiders may have trouble distinguishing between the turbans worn by Afghan Sikhs, with their tighter folds, varied colors and tucked-in edges, and those worn by Afghan Muslims, usually black or white with the end hanging...
Tags: Afghanistan, Judaism, Interreligious Dialogue, Kabul (Afghanistan), India
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Suicide bombing outside Afghan Supreme Court kills 17
KABUL, Afghanistan -- A suicide bomber detonated his vehicle in front of the Supreme Court in the Afghan capital on Tuesday, several hundred yards from the U.S. Embassy, killing 17 people and wounding 38, police said. The Taliban claimed...
Tags: Afghanistan, Nelson Mandela, Career and Workplace, Kabul (Afghanistan), Rebellions
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When Obama says, 'Force alone cannot make us safe'
One of the most important parts of President Obama's landmark speech on May 23 at the National Defense University is receiving little attention. It is his call for "a strategy that reduces the wellspring of extremism," his recognition that extremism is...
Tags: Conservation, Egypt, Joint Chiefs of Staff, U.S. Military, Osama bin Laden
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Choosing sides in Afghanistan
Hamid Karzai has been president of Afghanistan for a long time — since the end of 2001, when he was installed by a U.S.-led alliance. At the time, he seemed a charming, English-speaking leader with a colorful wardrobe who could craft a democratic,...
Tags: Afghanistan, U.S. Military, Kabul (Afghanistan), Unrest, Conflicts and War, Police Investigations
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Karzai: U.S. wants use of 9 bases in Afghanistan after 2014
KABUL, Afghanistan – The United States has requested the use of nine large military bases in Afghanistan after international forces complete their combat mission here at the end of next year, Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Thursday. In the...
Tags: Wars and Interventions, Afghanistan, U.S. Embassy, Barack Obama, Kabul (Afghanistan)
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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: Nawaz Sharif, Afghanistan, Kabul (Afghanistan), India, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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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, Afghanistan, Unrest, Conflicts and War, India, Kabul (Afghanistan)
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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: Afghanistan, Emergency Incidents, Rape, Kabul (Afghanistan), Environmental Issues
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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: Parliament, Afghanistan, Justice System, Rape, Career and Workplace
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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: Afghanistan, U.S. Military, Emergency Incidents, Mountains, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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