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• in Politics
  US Troops In Afghanistan Until 2024
  An agreement that would keep US troops in Afghanistan until 2024 is in the works
  by makingsense / on Aug 22, 2011
• in Politics
  Out of Resignation, New Direction Needed in Afghanistan
  When a mission is vague, dissent follows
  by johnboit / on Jun 23, 2010

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “afghan”

 

• EVAW Law to protect women & girls in Afghanistan stalled in Parliament

  
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  WNN Breaking (WNN) Kabul, AFGHANISTAN, CENTRAL ASIA: Going in what numerous human rights organizations say is a ‘giant step backwards’, the Lower Afghan Parliament, known as the Wolesi Jirga, has been debating the reversal of a protective law called the EVAW – Elimination Against Violence Women Law. This Law was ...
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• Bombing Kills Key Figure in Northern Afghan Province

  
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  A suicide bomber killed 14 people Monday in Baghlan Province, including Rasul Mohseni, who was widely seen as the most powerful man in the province. Excerpt from: Bombing Kills Key Figure in Northern Afghan Province
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• Afghan suicide attack kills at least 14

  
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  A suicide bomber struck outside government buildings in northern Afghanistan on Monday, killing at least 14 people including a senior local politician, officials said. Emergency services rushed to the scene and took the wounded to hospital after the bomber, who was wearing a police uniform, blew himself up in the ...
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• Afghan parliament fails to pass divisive law banning violence against women

  
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  (An Afghan woman in a burqa walks along a road on a windy day on the outskirts of Kabul April 16, 2013. REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail ) Afghanistan’s parliament failed to pass a law on Saturday banning violence against women, a severe blow to progress made in women’s rights in the conservative Muslim country since the ...
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• French food group Danone takes stake in China Mengniu

  
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  A Danone Group joint venture has agreed to take a stake worth about HK$3.6 billion in China Mengniu Dairy, marking a comeback for the French company in China where food scares have hit consumer confidence. China Mengniu, one of the country’s largest dairy producers, also said on Monday it would set up an 80 per ...
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• Bird flu costs China industry US$65b: state media

  
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  China’s human H7N9 bird flu outbreak has cost the country’s poultry industry more than 400 billion yuan (HK$500 billion) as consumers shun chicken, government officials said according to state media Monday. The sector has been losing an average of one billion yuan a day since the end of March, the Beijing Times ...
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• Afghanistan: Suicide bomber hits council building

  
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  Afghan officials say a suicide bomber has struck outside a provincial council building in the countrys north, causing casualties. Police spokesman in Baghlan province, Jawed Bashrat, says the bomber was on foot and targeted the leader of the provincial council as he was walking into the building on ...
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• Nishta: After Karzai returns empty handed from Delhi

  
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  Nishta: Karzai will return empty handed from Delhi–other than empty promises “Yes, we will ask for assistance for the strengthening of our security forces.” Karzai spokesman Aimal Faizi The low key response full of humility was surprsing. “Our view is that there is a mechanism available, and within our ...
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• Without U.S. helicopters, Afghans struggle to save wounded

  
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  KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — As soon as the Taliban bullet struck 24-year-old Afghan Sgt. Nazir Moradi’s leg, the men in his unit began brainstorming a way to get him off the battlefield. The roads were too dangerous for an army ambulance. The Afghan soldiers, in several calls to their commanders, repeated one plea: ...
  6 days ago

• Without U.S. helicopters, Afghans struggle to save wounded

  
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  KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — As soon as the Taliban bullet struck 24-year-old Afghan Sgt. Nazir Moradi’s leg, the men in his unit began brainstorming a way to get him off the battlefield. The roads were too dangerous for an army ambulance. The Afghan soldiers, in several calls to their commanders, repeated one plea: ...
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• Asylum restored to man who grabbed officer’s hand 

  
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  &via=&related=DolcePixel"> An Afghan refugee can stay in this country despite pleading guilty to second-degree assault on a Montgomery County police officer who was processing his arrest for driving under the influence, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held. &via=&related=DolcePixel">
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• VIDEO: Tunisian Police Clash With Al Qaeda Supporters Over Banned Rally

  
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  Post at TOBIASRENFROE.COM Tunisian police clash with al Qaeda supporters over banned rally. Syria’s Assad Says Peace Talks Likely to Fail. Afghanistan bomb kills 15, including 6 Americans Thanks for checking us out. Please take a look at the rest ...
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• VIDEO: Tunisian Police Clash With Al Qaeda Supporters Over Banned Rally

  
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  Tunisian police clash with al Qaeda supporters over banned rally. Syria’s Assad Says Peace Talks Likely to Fail. Afghanistan bomb kills 15, including 6 Americans This article, “Tunisian Police Clash With Al Qaeda Supporters Over Banned Rally”, is categorized as “World” and its copyright notice is “”. ...
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• Sailors Prove They’re ‘A Global Force for Good’ in Farah Province

  
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  Navy Cmdr. Louis McCray takes a moment to highlight the efforts of sailors assigned to Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah as they work to build a brighter future for residents of Farah province, Afghanistan. Read More
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• Karzai seeks Indian military aid amid Pakistan row

  
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  An aide to Afghan President Hamid Karzai says he will seek military aid from India during a three-day visit this week. Karzais trip comes during escalating border tension with Pakistan, Indias archrival. Karzai spokesman Aimal Faizi says the president will discuss recent border skirmishes with Pakistan ...
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• AESHA’S NEW NOSE

  
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  by Rick Gray Afghan Rose by Bill Falzone I don’t care if it’s fake. Today I abandon all that is pure In my highly-secured space And race up to the sunlight blazing On my Kabul roof to praise         Aeshas new nose. May it reach forever like the stem of this artificial flower I ...
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• Afghan War Pictures: Forward Equals Backward, Up Equals Down

  
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  If you missed it, this photo by AP’s Anja Niedringhaus from Afghanistan has circulated widely the last few days. Here’s the caption: A U.S. soldier arrived to the scene where a suicide car bomber attacked a NATO convoy in Kabul on Thursday. Afghan insurgent group Hezb-e-Islami killed at least 15 people, ...
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• Pakistani politician is shot dead

  
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  Pakistani politician Zahra Shahid Hussain, a senior member of Imran Khan’s Movement for Justice party, has been shot dead in the city of Karachi. More here: Pakistani politician is shot dead
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• Afghanistan: Bomb kills 15, including 6 Americans, 2 soldiers & 4 working for DynCorp

  
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  Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" Ms Sparky - is a post from: "Ms Sparky" Four Killed in Attack in Kabul, Afghanistan FALLS CHURCH, Va. (May 16, 2013) – Four DynCorp International personnel working on the Combined Security Transition Command – Afghanistan (CSTC-A) program were tragically killed by an ...
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• Return of a King: A Cautionary Narrative for Afghanistan

  
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  by Steven R. Corman Here is a quiz:  In what South Asian war did a country invade to pursue its own interests, overthrow an existing government and establish a client regime, encounter effective resistance by local insurgents despite the superiority of its army, fight to a stalemate, and withdraw when resources and ...
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