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Moving mountains The Afghan-American best-selling author Khaled Hosseini on his new novel
His amazing run continued on Tuesday night as he appeared before an overflowing crowd at a bookshop in New York City. With some 300 people seated before him, and dozens more watching on a video screen a floor below, Hosseini spoke for about 40 minutes about his new ...
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By branding the Taliban ‘terrorists’ Canada gave up on Afghan peace
addition of the Afghan Taliban to Canada's list of terrorist entities came as a surprise. More than a surprise, it was disheartening. After more than a decade of engagement in Afghanistan, the Harper government has indicated it is no longer interested in finding a path to ...
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Combined Force Arrests Taliban Leader in Helmand Province
From an International Security Assistance Force Joint Command News Release KABUL, Afghanistan, May 22, 2013 A combined Afghan and coalition security force arrested a Taliban leader and four other insurgents in the Nahr-e Saraj district of Afghanistan's Helmand province today, military officials reported. The leader plans, directs and executes attacks against Afghan and coalition ...
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Britain to finalize UK relocation plans for Afghan interpreters who worked on front line
LONDON - Britain is proposing to give around 600 Afghan interpreters who worked alongside its troops the right to settle in the U.K. in recognition of the risks to their personal safety. The plans, released Wednesday, will allow interpreters who have worked on the front lines in Afghanistan for more than a year to relocate to Britain on a five-year visa. Those who do not meet the requirement ...
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Hard-line students in Afghanistan protest womens rights decree as un-Islamic demand repeal
KABUL - Hard-line Islamist students protested Wednesday in the Afghan capital demanding the repeal of a presidential decree for women's rights that they say is un-Islamic. It was the latest sign of a backlash against the legal protections passed in the 12 years since the toppling of the Taliban regime known for its harsh treatment of women. The protest came days after conservative ...
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‘Exhausted’ Karzai wants to retire
New Delhi - Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on Wednesday that he was ';exhausted'; and wanted to retire from politics at the end of his current ...
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Afghanistan’s Karzai Says ‘No Circumstances’ Allow Him to Seek Another Term
NEW DELHI -- Seeking to dispel widespread rumors that he would find a way to cling to power beyond the end of his second term next year, President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan said Wednesday that there was "no circumstance that will allow me to stay as ...
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Atiq Rahimi In Iran just as well as in Afghanistan in actual fact words defy tyranny
From the Edinburgh world writers' conference in Saint-Malo, a speech on art, writing and reality from the French-Afghan author and film-maker Atiq ...
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Father of Afghan cricket captain abducted
UNKNOWN gunmen have dragged the father of Afghanistan's cricket captain from his car on the outskirts of Jalalabad city and taken him hostage, officials say. Mohammad Nabi, who took over the captaincy of the team in March, confirmed that his father, Khobai Isakhel, had been kidnapped in the eastern province of Nangarhar on Tuesday. "I have no idea who the kidnappers might be, they have ...
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Cameron climbdown allows Afghan interpreters into UK but theres a catch
(14 mins ago) About 600 Afghan interpreters who served with British forces fighting in Afghanistan will be offered the chance to live in Britain after a government U-turn, it was revealed today. But they should have served at least 12 months continuously. Media reports estimate that about 600 will qualify to be resettled. British Prime Minister David Cameron had initially sought to discourage ...
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Afghan interpreters resettlement scheme does not go far enough
An Afghan interpreter with former British servicemen delivering a petition calling for asylum. It is estimated that about 600 interpreters working for UK forces will benefit from the scheme. Photograph: Ben Stansall/AFP/Getty ...
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Afghanistan hardliners protest move to protect women from violence as rights group derides jailing of girls
KABUL, Afghanistan Hard-line Islamist students protested in the Afghan capital Wednesday, demanding the repeal of a presidential decree for women's rights that they deem un-Islamic. More than 200 male students protested in front of Kabul University against the decree, which includes a ban on child marriage and forced marriage, makes domestic violence a crime and says rape victims cannot be ...
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12 years post-Taliban Afghan womens rights under fire
KABUL, Afghanistan Hard-line Islamist students protested in the Afghan capital Wednesday, demanding the repeal of a presidential decree for women's rights that they deem un-Islamic. More than 200 male students protested in front of Kabul University against the decree, which includes a ban on child marriage and forced marriage, makes domestic violence a crime and says rape victims cannot be ...
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Azerbaijan to support Afghanistan after 2014
Azerbaijan will continue support to Afghanistan even after 2014. The statement came from head of the Azerbaijani office in NATO Khazar Ibrahim. "Azerbaijan is among the eight partner countries that will stay in Afghanistan after 2014", he said. Ibrahim said that peacekeeping troops will be withdrawn from Afghanistan after 2014 and all military as tasks will be laid, mainly, on ...
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Afghan President Karzai in India talks on defence cooperation
India News: New Delhi: Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai held talks with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday night discussing the situation in the region in the backdrop of Afghan's keenness to enhance defence cooperation with India and get supply of "lethal and non-lethal" ...
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Explosion Rocks Ghazni City in Eastern Afghanistan
Kabul, May 22 (BNA) - A relatively heavy explosion rocked Ghazni city in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday morning. Afghan Deputy provincial governor Mohammad Ali Ahmadi confirming the report said the incident took place in a bus station, according to Afghan (Khaama Press). Officials in Ghazni state hospital said at least six people killed or injured following the blast have been taken to the ...
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Four Militants Killed in Afghanistan
Kabul, May 22 (BNA) - Four militants have been killed and seven others detained in joint operations carried out by Afghan forces and the NATO-led coalition troops within the last 48 hours in different parts of Afghanistan. The operations took place in Helmand, Paktia and Wardak provinces. Weapons were seized during the raids, (ISAF) said in a statement today. The statement did not give details ...
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Britain To Allow Afghan Interpreters To Live In Britain
U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron had opposed calls to allow interpreters and their families to settle in Britain, but backed down following a ...
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Bicycle bomb kills 1 wounds 5 in Afghanistans Ghazni
One Afghan civilian was killed and five others were wounded Wednesday morning when an improvised bomb went off in Ghazni city, the provincial capital of eastern Ghazni province, police said."An Improvised Explosive Device (IED) attached to a bicycle exploded at around 8:40 am local time in third police district in Ghazni city, killing one civilian and wounding five others," deputy ...
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Not enough MPs back collective asylum for Afghan interpreters
There is not enough support in parliament to ensure a collective asylum deal for Afghans who worked as interpreters for the Dutch military in Afghanistan, the Volkskrant reports on Wednesday. The ruling VVD and PvdA both say cases should be looked at on an individual level. 'Asylum is an individual right and needs to be judged individually,' VVD parliamentarian Han ten Broeke told the ...
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10 insurgents killed in E. Afghan raids
Ten insurgents have been killed in eastern Afghan provinces during operations started on Tuesday, said the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) on Wednesday."Afghan National Security and Coalition Forces killed 10 insurgents, detained four suspected insurgents and safely cleared six improvised explosive devices (IEDs) during operations in eastern Afghanistan throughout ...
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Afghanistan imprisons victimized women
The number of women and girls jailed by Afghan authorities for "moral crimes" has risen by 50 percent in the last year and a half, an alarming statistic that reflects the Afghan government's need to step up efforts to protect women's rights, Human Rights Watch said ...
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Afghan Interpreters to Receive British Visas
The British government says about 600 Afghan interpreters who worked with the British troops in Afghanistan will be allowed to settle in ...
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Afghan interpreters to get British visas
About 600 Afghan interpreters who served with British forces fighting the Taliban in southern Afghanistan will be allowed to stay in Britain, the government has revealed.Prime Minister David Cameron initially opposed calls to allow interpreters and their families to settle in Britain but backed down following a campaign.He is now preparing to offer five-year visas to those who served on the ...
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Memo From Afghanistan In Afghanistan Hezb-i-Islami Takes Its Extremism Into Politics
KABUL, Afghanistan ...
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Why should American troops remain in Afghanistan?
Afghanistan is widely regarded, even by its own people, as a puppet state, and has little hope of breaking away from US influence in the foreseeable future, there is wide-spread resentment toward foreign troops, and increasingly loud calls in the states for a withdrawal of troops. But, like or not, these two countries have been tied together irrevocably, even before the war on terror.
Since the invasion of Afghanistan by allied forces in 2001, the country’s destiny has in many ways not been its own. Read more
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