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Echoes of pain, suffering
A multigenerational saga about disrupted family ties and their repercussions over several decades, the novel begins with an ominous fable told by Saboor, a desperately poor man in a small village, to his 11-year-old son, Abdullah. As Abdullah comes to...Tags: The Washington Post, Literature, Afghanistan, Fiction, USA Today
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Bombings at 2 Pakistan mosques kill 10
PESHAWAR, Pakistan -- Bomb blasts tore through two village mosques in northwest Pakistan on Friday, killing at least 10 people and injuring more than 25, local authorities said. The bombings occurred in the village of Baz Darrah in the Malakand region,...Tags: Pakistan, Religion and Belief, Bombings, Explosions, Emergency Incidents
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INTERVIEW-Fearing Afghan instability, Russia mulls border troops
Reuters* Moscow sees increasing instability in Afghanistan * Russian envoy says current NATO war unsuccessful * Wants to deploy border guards again By Amie Ferris-Rotman KABUL, May 17 (Reuters) - Russia, predicting instability once NATO-led troops withdraw...Tags: Afghanistan, Heroin, HIV, Wars and Interventions, Politics
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Fearing Afghan instability, Russia mulls border troops
ReutersKABUL (Reuters) - Russia, predicting instability once NATO-led troops withdraw from Afghanistan by the end of next year, is considering deploying border guards on the Tajik-Afghan border, Moscow's envoy to Kabul told Reuters in an interview. Moscow,...Tags: Afghanistan, Heroin, HIV, Wars and Interventions, Politics
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Six Americans among at least 15 killed in Afghanistan bombing
KABUL, Afghanistan -- The U.S.-military contractor DynCorp International says four American employees were killed in a suicide car bombing Thursday in the Afghan capital, Kabul, bringing the number of Americans slain to six. Nine Afghan civilians were...
Tags: Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bombings, Suicide, NATO
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Afghan militants threaten more attacks after deadly bombing
KABUL, Afghanistan — A militant group said its attack Thursday on a NATO convoy in the Afghan capital marked a stepped-up campaign against the foreign presence in Afghanistan, and promised more such assaults. The suicide bombing killed six...Tags: Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bombings, Wars and Interventions, Suicide
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Afghanistan suicide attack kills 15, including at least two Americans
KABUL, Afghanistan – The death toll from a powerful suicide car bomb that shook the Afghan capital of Kabul on Thursday morning has increased to 15, including two American troops and four foreign civilian contractors, according to U.S. and Afghan...
Tags: Afghanistan, Lifestyle and Leisure, Bombings, Fishing, Suicide
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Bomber in Afghanistan kills 15, including six Americans
ReutersKABUL (Reuters) - A suicide bomber in a car attacked a convoy of foreign troops in Kabul on Thursday, killing at least 15 people including six Americans, Afghan and foreign officials said, in one of the worst attacks in the Afghan capital in months....Tags: Pakistan, Chuck Hagel, Afghanistan, Bombings, Suicide
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Editorial: Pakistan's fragile democracy shows new strength
There is good news from Pakistan. No, really. The country often referred to as "the most dangerous place on earth" is a caldron of violence, religious extremism and nuclear danger. But on Saturday, Pakistan passed a major democratic milestone. Its...
Tags: Pakistan, Religion and Belief, Elections, Nawaz Sharif, Islam
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12 killed as suicide car bomber hits NATO convoy in Kabul
KABUL, Afghanistan -- A powerful suicide car bomb rocked Kabul on Thursday, killing six foreigners and at least six Afghan civilians, according to local officials. The attack took place around 8 a.m., a time when many people in the Afghan capital were...
Tags: Afghanistan, Bombings, Wars and Interventions, Suicide, Explosions
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Pakistan's incoming prime minister turns pragmatic
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — After a resounding victory in Pakistan's national elections, presumptive new Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif could have pressed his populist, hard-line approach that paints the U.S. as hopelessly malevolent and self-interested....
Tags: Pakistan, Directorate for Inter-Services Intelligence, Armed Forces, Afghanistan, Elections
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Twin bombs strike Afghan checkpoint near governor's compound, killing 1 police officer
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Two bombs exploded at a checkpoint outside a provincial governor's compound in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing at least one police officer, an official said. The explosions struck in the early morning in...Tags: Afghanistan, Bombings, Politics, Government, Regional Authority
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