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  • 19 militants killed in Afghan operations

    As many as 19 militants were killed in eastern Afghan provinces during operations that started Saturday, the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said Sunday. "Afghan National Security and coalition forces killed 19 insurgents, discovered two weapons caches, and found and safely cleared 11 improvised explosive devices during operations in eastern Afghanistan in the past 24 ...

  • 10 killed 14 injured in Taliban-coordinated attack in Kabul

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  • Voter registration process begins in Afghanistan

    The voter registration process for the upcoming general elections scheduled for April 5, 2014 started in Afghanistan on Sunday, the country's election commission said in a a press release."The Independent Election Commission (IEC) is commencing the first phase of voter registration process in 34 provinces today May 26, 2013 in order to allow all eligible Afghan citizens to participate ...

  • Afghan forces kill 13 Taliban militants

    Afghan security forces have eliminated more than a dozen Taliban militants over the past three days in the outfit's former stronghold Kandahar 450 km south of Kabul, the provincial administration said in a statement released here Sunday."Personnel of national police in coordination with the units of national army launched operations against Taliban hideouts in parts of Panjwai district ...

  • In Afghan Transition U.S. Forces Take a Step Back

    The Third Brigade Combat Team of the 101st Airborne Division has been training Afghanistan's security forces in an effort to help them become ...


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  • Afghan Media Describes Kabul Students Protest through Western Prism

    Several hundred students and lecturers from various universities in Kabul gathered in front of the Kabul University on Wednesday, 22 May 2013, demonstrating against the Bill on "Curbing Violence against Women". Holding Prophet Mohammad's ??? ???? ???? ???? Liwaa' and Rayah, demonstrators expressed their hatred of Western laws enforced upon the Ummah, and called upon the ...

  • Bombings in Kabul kill police officer 2 civilians

    A suicide bomber blew himself up Saturday morning in Kabul, Afghanistan, without killing anyone else, police said. The bombing occurred inside a house, Khaama Press reported. The bomber was wearing a suicide vest packed with explosives. A police officer and two civilians were killed Friday in Kabul in coordinated attacks. The Taliban said they planned the attacks, targeting a guest house used ...

  • Law to protect Afghan women faces backlash

    An Afghan woman, in a burqa, walks through a clothing bazaar Kabul In September 2012. The Taliban forced women to cloak themselves to the eyes in public, but the practice continues even though the Taliban were forced from power a decade ago, and domestic violence against women is growing. (Washington Post/Pamela Constable) KABUL - A proposed law to protect Afghan women and girls from abuses such ...

  • Pakistan urges Afghan government to consider regional implications of arms deal with India

    WAM ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has urged Afghanistan to consider the regional security situation while pursuing an arms purchase deal with India. At a media briefing on Friday, Pakistan's Foreign Secretary Jalil Abbas Jillani said: "As a sovereign country, Afghanistan can pursue its own policies, but it should mind the overall peace and security situation in the region." Jillani was ...

  • Why insider attacks are down in Afghanistan

    No one claims the problem is solved, but officials are cautiously hopeful that the lower number of 'green-on-blue' killings in Afghanistan this year means preventive measures are having an ...

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