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Afghan women condemn Karzai’s decision to sign law legalizing rape
( 31-Mar-2009 )
Kabul, Mar.31 (ANI): Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai has signed a law which "legalises" rape, women''s groups and the United Nations warn.
Critics claim that Karzai helped rush the bill through parliament in a bid to appease Islamic fundamentalists ahead of elections in August. .... |
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American forces may stay in Iraq beyond June 2009 deadline
( 27-Mar-2009 )
Baghdad, Mar.27 (ANI): The commander of ground forces in Iraq has said that US troops may extend their stay in the Iraqi cities of Baquba and Mosul beyond the June 2009 deadline.
A Christian Science Monitor report quoted US Lt. Gen. Lloyd Austin, as saying that the planned pullback of American sold .... |
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Karzai says widespread charges of corruption politically motivated
( 27-Mar-2009 )
Kabul, Mar 27 (ANI): Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai has said that accounts of widespread corruption within his government are exaggerated and politically motivated.
Government figures, including relatives of Karzai, have been accused of abusing their connections for profit.
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NATO claims top Taliban leader killed in Helmand
( 24-Mar-2009 )
Kabul, Mar.24 (ANI): NATO officials are claiming that a senior Taliban leader responsible for numerous roadside bombings and suicide attacks has been killed along with nine other insurgent fighters.
Maulawi Hassan, described as a well-known Taliban commander in southern Afghanistan, was killed in a .... |
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Five Afghans killed in US raid near country’s border with Tajikistan
( 23-Mar-2009 )
Kabul, Mar.23 (ANI): United States Special Forces reportedly killed five people near the Afghan-Tajik border on Sunday, and claimed that they were militants.
The United States military said in a statement that its forces had also detained four suspects in an operation against a “terrorist net .... |
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Drug dealer caught with top Afghan official protection letter
( 22-Mar-2009 )
Kabul, Mar 22 (ANI): A specially trained unit of Afghanistan Police conducted a nearly perfect ambush of a drug dealer on the road between Kabul and the eastern city of Jalalabad, but were surprised to find a signed letter of protection from their boss.
Officers surrounded Sayyed Jan's vehicle .... |
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Pak-based ring leader directed, planed Kabul strikes
( 19-Mar-2009 )
Kabul, Mar 19 (ANI): Last month’s attack on government buildings in Kabul were planned and directed from Pakistan and Afghanistan’s intelligence agency has arrested seven people in connection with it.
The attackers were in telephone contact with a Pakistan-based ringleader durin .... |
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U.S. downed Iranian drone over Iraq in February
( 17-Mar-2009 )
Baghdad, Mar.17 (ANI): American warplanes shot down an unmanned Iranian aircraft last month as it flew over Iraq, U.S. and Iraqi officials said Monday.
The U.S. military said it had tracked the drone for about an hour and 10 minutes before shooting it down February 25 about 60 miles northea .... |
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Taliban chief backs Afghan peace talks
( 15-Mar-2009 )
Kabul, Mar.15 (ANI): Taliban leader Mullah Omar has given his approval for talks aimed at ending the war in Afghanistan and has allowed his representatives to attend Saudi-sponsored peace negotiations.
“Mullah Omar has given the green light to talks,” said one of the mediators, Abdullah .... |
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British soldier killed in Afghanistan
( 15-Mar-2009 )
Kabul, A British soldier was killed while on foot patrol in Afghanistan on Saturday, bringing the total number of British service personnel killed in the country to 150.
The soldier from the 2nd Battalion, Royal Welsh Regiment was injured in an explosion in Musa Qala District Centre, North .... |
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US troop surge to aid Afghan police trainers
( 13-Mar-2009 )
Kabul: The arrival of thousands of new US troops to Afghanistan this year will help meet a serious shortage of US police trainers who have so far coped with “less than ideal” circumstances, the US military said.
The US is to send 17,000 additional US troops to the war-torn coun .... |
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