Topic: Afghanistan
Afghanistan said Sunday the death toll from bombings targeting the Shiite Muslim holy day of Ashura, which raised fears the nation could face an eruption of sectarian violence, has climbed to 80.The coordinated attacks struck in Kabul and the northern city of ...
KABUL (Reuters) - A roadside mine killed 19 civilians and injured another five when it exploded in the southern Afghan province of Helmand on Wednesday, the provincial government said.The blast came a day after rare sectarian attacks in three Afghan cities killed ...
KABUL (Reuters) - A suicide bomber attacked a Shi'ite Muslim shrine in central Kabul on Tuesday, where hundreds of people had gathered to celebrate the festival of Ashura, the head of Kabul's Criminal Investigation Department said.Mohammad Zahir said there were casualties, possibly ...
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton pressed Uzbek President Islam Karimov on human rights and thanked him for supporting US troops in Afghanistan, during a visit to the strategically-located ex-Soviet state.US ties with Uzbekistan have for years been a delicate balancing act ...
DUSHANBE (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned Tajikistan on Saturday that efforts to crack down on religious freedom might backfire and increase sympathy for radical views that could threaten stability in the Central Asian country.Clinton, who met Tajik President ...
SHARJAH, United Arab Emirates (Reuters) - Just days before he died when a Taliban militant detonated a bomb hidden in his turban, Burhanuddin Rabbani was trying to persuade Islamic scholars to issue a religious edict banning suicide bombings.The former president's 29-year-old daughter ...
KABUL (Reuters) - Wakil Ahmad Muttawakil, a former right hand man to the reclusive, one-eyed leader of the Taliban, believes there is only one way to end a decade of fighting in Afghanistan. Return the hardline Islamists to power.Foreign troops are starting ...
KABUL (Reuters) - The U.S. military is waiting to see whether some Taliban leaders take a break during August for Ramadan, crossing over the border into Pakistan after several weeks of high profile attacks."There's an awful lot of discussion about the Taliban ...
US special forces in Afghanistan are known for taking out militants in stealthy night raids but commanders now want them to learn how to butcher meat and cook "authentic" meals for village elders.The military is planning a three-day "abattoir training" course for ...
KABUL (Reuters) - A lattice of corrugated iron Star of Davids marks Afghanistan's only working synagogue, a white-washed, two-storey building tucked into a side street in the center of Kabul.Kebabs, carpets and flowers are served and sold on the ground floor of ...
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Koran desecration causes Afghanistan protests
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NATO in Afghanistan - ISAF Commander responds
General John Allen, Commander of ISAF, responds to claims that ...2012-02-21 -
NATO in Afghanistan - Heavy snow hits ...
Record snowfall in Afghanistan has brought hardship to impoverished people ...2012-02-22
