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  • Afghanistans Helmand Province Sees Fresh Clashes Conflicting Claims

    Fighting between Taliban militants and Afghan government forces has erupted in a highly-volatile corner of Helmand province. Afghan officials claimed victory Wednesday in southern Helmand province, saying they turned back a series of attacks by Taliban militants in Sangin. A spokesman for the provincial governor estimated the number of attackers at close to 1,000, including Arabs and ...

  • 5 killed in Afghan suicide bombing

    Five people were killed and 20 others wounded Wednesday evening by a suicide bomber in Muqur district in eastern Afghanistan's province of Ghazni, Xinhua said, quoting a provincial police ...

  • Karzai gives wish list to India but says he doesnt want Indian soldiers on Afghan soil

    Addressing media persons in New Delhi, visiting Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Wednesday said Kabul has given a wish list to India, but did not specify what the list contains. Karzai said: "We have a wish list that we have put before the Government of India. It is upto the government now to provide us according to their means." Karzai also informed reporters about the content of his ...

  • مردم می خواهند خلافت اسلامی

    مردم می خواهند خلافت اسلامی برای شغل برای تولید انرژی برای ...

  • NATO troops begin withdrawal of equipment from Afghanistan

    The NATO and US troops have started withdrawal of their equipment from Afghanistan after more than ten years of war. The US and its allies invaded Afghanistan to oust Taliban government in the aftermath of tragic incident of September 11, 2001. They are set to withdraw all their forces by the end of 2014, reports The Express Tribune. Pakistan is a key transit route for the NATO mission in ...

  • Number of Afghan women jailed for moral crimes increasing says human rights group

    A right group has said the number of women and girls in Afghanistan imprisoned for moral crimes has risen by 50 percent in the past 18 months. Human Rights Watch said that many women are jailed for running away from home, often from forced marriages or domestic violence. According to the BBC, the group said other women are jailed for alleged adultery, in truth often involving rape. HRW said ...


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About Schmidt

About Schmidt

Some people have been describing About Schmidt as a black comedy, and while it does have its share of darkly comedic moments, overall it is an earnest existential drama about a 67-year-old man trying to come to grips with the meaninglessness of his life. I suspect that people want to view it as a black comedy because it was directed by Alexander Payne and cowritten by Payne and Jim Taylor, ... ...

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  • India assures full support to Afghanistan in critical period of transition of nation building

    India has assured its full support to Afghanistan in the critical period of transition, development and nation-building. The visiting Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai called on President Pranab Mukherjee at the Rashtrapati Bhawan here last evening. During the meeting, Mukherjee said India would stand by the Government and the people of Afghanistan in the critical period of transition, ...

  • Afghan’s ties with India not at the cost of Pak

    Nawaz Sharif has talked up his desire for better ties with India. "We have a wishlist that we have presented to India. Now it is upto them to decide," Karzai said during an interaction with a group of journalists on Wednesday, a day after he held talks with Prime ...

  • Afghan students protest womens rights decree

    Hard-line Islamist students protested 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 lawmakers' vehement opposition ...

  • Afghan interpreters risk being failed by bureaucracy

    Downing Street has denied reports that its scheme is open only to interpreters who lose their jobs as troops are withdrawn. Photograph: Ben Stansall/AFP/Getty ...

  • Afghanistan Inside The Head Of The Giant Buddha

    A Fort of Nine Towers . He describes for anchor Marco Werman his family’s efforts to flee the war in the early 1990s, and how they resorted to living in a cave behind the giant Buddha statues in the historic district of ...

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