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Afghanistan

Afghan Women Still Suffer – UN Report

By: Bilal Sarwary (BBC) -  Millions of Afghan women continue to suffer from violence and harmful practices despite a new law aimed at...

Gates says Afghan strategy works

(BBC) - US Defence Secretary Robert Gates says he is "convinced" that the US strategy in Afghanistan is working. After visiting US bases in Afghanistan...

‘Foreigners 80% Involved in Afghan Graft’

A top official in the High Office of Oversight and Anti-corruption said on Tuesday that 80 percent of corruption in Afghanistan is done by...

Arrest in mutilated Afghan case

(BBC) - The father-in-law of an Afghan teenager whose nose and ears were hacked off after she fled her husband's abusive home is being...

Karzai abandons plan to scrap private security firms

(BBC) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai has abandoned plans to scrap private security firms in the country by mid-December, the interior ministry says. Fifty-four private...

2 Militants Killed in Kandahar

In clashes between militants and Afghan police on Monday morning in southern Kandahar province, two insurgents were killed, officials said Two insurgents on a motorbike...

Report Reveals Political Deals Behind Governors Appointments

Afghan governors have been appointed based on political deals, supports from government factions and pressures, a latest report by Kilid Group found The report has...

Obama in surprise visit to Afghanistan

US President Barack Obama has made an unannounced visit to Afghanistan. He was flown into Bagram airfield - home to a key US base -...

Denmark will remain committed to Afghanistan

“Denmark will remain committed to Afghanistan”: Minister for Foreign Affairs visits Helmand and Kabul. Denmark’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mrs. Lene Espersen, has completed a...

West Loses War in Afghanistan

A latest review of US-led war in Afghanistan by a leading think tank issued on Sunday said foreign forces' draw-down by 2014 would end...

Fake Taliban Commander in Afghan Presidential Palace

(BBC) - President Hamid Karzai's chief of staff has said British authorities brought a fake Taliban commander into sensitive meetings with the Afghan government. The...

Taliban impostor ‘dupes Afghans and vanishes with cash’

(BBC) - An impostor posing as a leading Taliban negotiator held secret talks with Afghan officials, according to the New York Times. The Afghans thought...

Nato official clarifies Kabul child safety comment

(BBC) - A senior Nato official who said children may be safer growing up in Kabul than London or Glasgow has sought to distance...

Taliban insurgents in attack on Nato base

(BBC) - Taliban militants have attacked a Nato military outpost near the airport in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad. The Nato-led International Security Assistance...

Germany and France see economic growth slowing

(BBC) - The pace of economic recovery in both France and Germany has slowed, according to official estimates. Germany, Europe's largest economy, has seen a...

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