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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, National Government, Explosions, Wars and Interventions, Bombings
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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: Civil Rights, Human Rights Watch, Hamid Karzai, Justice and Rights, Afghanistan
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Jailing of Afghan women for 'moral' crimes is increasing, group says
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- The number of women and girls jailed by Afghan authorities for “moral crimes” has risen by 50% in the last 18 months, an alarming statistic that reflects the Afghan government’s need to step up efforts to protect...
Tags: Criminals, Sex Crimes, Civil Rights, Human Rights Watch, Justice and Rights
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Chinese escape Karachi bomb ahead of Premier Li's arrival in Pakistan
ReutersISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A roadside bomb exploded near the seafront in Karachi on Tuesday likely targeting a van full of Chinese port workers, police said, a day before Chinese Premier Li Keqiang arrives in the capital, Islamabad. No one was hurt. Karachi,...Tags: Karachi (Pakistan), Explosions, Islamabad (Pakistan), Bombings, Pakistan
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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: Prisons, Labor Legislation, Sex Crimes, Career and Workplace, Civil Rights
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Coordinated Taliban attacks in Afghan south kill six policemen
ReutersLASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Dozens of Taliban insurgents launched coordinated attacks on Afghan checkpoints in the south on Tuesday, killing at least six Afghan policemen, officials said, adding that a clash was going on. Seven policemen were...Tags: Rebellions, Armed Conflicts, Wars and Interventions, NATO, Afghanistan
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Pakistan's MQM denounces Imran Khan in Karachi protest
ReutersISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Supporters of an influential Pakistani political party took to the streets of Karachi on Monday to protest against cricket-hero-turned-politician Imran Khan, who has accused it of killing one of his senior staff a week after a...Tags: Karachi (Pakistan), Islamabad (Pakistan), Elections, Nawaz Sharif, Murder
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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: U.S. Military, Explosions, Wars and Interventions, Bombings, Hamid Karzai
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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: Pervez Musharraf, Barack Obama, Terrorism, Elections, Afghanistan
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Pakistan army will be watching Sharif's cosying up to India
ReutersBy Katharine Houreld ISLAMABAD May 20 (Reuters) - Pakistan's all-powerful military overthrew Nawaz Sharif 14 years ago and hustled him off into exile in handcuffs. Now he's back as prime minister-elect, with the army watching his every move, especially...Tags: Armed Conflicts, Pervez Musharraf, National Government, Wars and Interventions, India
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Upmarket Pakistan district votes again as Imran Khan decries killing
ReutersISLAMABAD (Reuters) - An upmarket constituency of Pakistan's violence-plagued city of Karachi voted again under tight security on Sunday, a day after gunmen killed a senior politician from a reformist party in the district and a week after general...Tags: Shootings, Karachi (Pakistan), Voting, Elections, Nawaz Sharif
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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: Armed Conflicts, Wars and Interventions, Science and Technology, Al-Qaeda, India
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