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Explosives cache seized before Afghan elections: Officials
AFP – Afghan police seized 22 tonnes of explosives destined for use in suicide and roadside bombs, officials said Tuesday, four days before elections that Taliban insurgents have vowed to attack. The explosives were uncovered in dozens of plastic-wrapped bags in the northern province of Takhar, as security forces ramp up efforts to protect candidates, …
Swedish-British journalist gunned down in Kabul
The Swedish ambassador to Afghanistan Peter Semneby identified the dead man as radio journalist Nils Horner, 51.
UN refugee chief to visit Iran for talks about Afghans
Some five million Afghans driven by war, oppression and poverty have crossed the border into Iran and Pakistan in the past three decades, seeking better lives and jobs.
Winter Bites Back
America’s unlearned lessons
By Michael Young, NOW. Afghanistan all over again After the 11 September 2001 attacks on New York and Washington, you would often hear from Americans that Washington had botched the aftermath of the civil war in Afghanistan. Instead of helping stabilise the country after having armed the Afghanis in their struggle against the Russian occupation, …
A tragic legacy of Afghanistanâs war
By Dr. CĂ©sar Chelala The revelation that the number of opium-addicted Afghan children has reached new highs is a sad, unintended consequence of the war in that country. It dramatically illustrates how adult war games can doom generations of children to a miserable life. It is one of the tragic legacies of a disastrous war. …
Taliban gunmen kill provincial Afghan election chief
The Taliban, who often target government officials, released a brief statement on their website claiming responsibility for the attack.
Taliban attacks kill 17 civilians in Afghanistan
An insurgent attack on a road construction workers’ camp in Karukh district in the western province of Herat left nine workers dead overnight.
Muslims celebrate Eid amid bombs, threat of violence
Muslims marked the Eid al-Fitr festival Thursday with feasts and prayers, even as the threat of fresh violence loomed in the Middle East
US says Taliban office in Qatar must not be seen as embassy
Afghanistan’s UN envoy Zahir Tanin said the Qatar office opened in a “theatrical sequence of events” that contravened the principles set for the Taliban mission
Red Cross halts staff movement across Afghanistan, closes its office in Jalalabad
The two-hour assault on Tuesday, which left one Afghan guard dead, was the first time ICRC offices have been targeted in Afghanistan in 26 years
Rise in Afghan women jailed for ‘moral crimes’: rights group
Most of the 600 women in jail were victims of sexual assault and family violence who had run away from their attackers.
Strong quake hits Iran, felt across Gulf and South Asia
The website of the US Geological Survey put the magnitude of the quake at 7.8
NATO air strike ‘kills Afghan police, civilians’
A spokesman for the US-led NATO force in Kabul told AFP that the military was checking the information.
Kerry lands in Kabul on unannounced visit
US Secretary of State Kerry lands in Kabul on surprise visit
Afghanistan’s Karzai says Taliban in talks with US
“The Taliban said they wanted to show their strength (by launching the attacks),” Karzai said.
Polio virus discovered in Cairo
Last known case of polio in Egypt was in 2004 and international efforts have so far managed to eradicate it from all but three countries worldwide
Obama: US to speed up Afghan troop transition
The US president warned that Karzai, with whom he has had a somewhat testy relationship, would have to accept a security agreement, still under discussion, granting legal immunity to US troops who remain behind.
US to seek death penalty in Afghan massacre case
American soldier accused of killing 16 Afghan villagers
Kabul sets ambitious ‘roadmap for peace’ with Taliban
Calls for agreements on a ceasefire and the transformation of the Taliban and other armed groups into political parties amid Afghanistan ‘roadmap for peace’
Taliban bomb hits US firm, mine kills 10 Afghan girls
One dead, at least 15 injured in Kabul suicide bombing
Taliban suicide attack on Afghan NATO base kills five
A total of eight attackers armed with rocket propelled grenades and automatic weapons were killed
France ends combat mission in Afghanistan
Nijrab Base, Afghanistan(AFP) – France ended its combat mission in Afghanistan on Tuesday, withdrawing troops from a strategic province northeast of Kabul as part of a quickened departure from the war-torn country. Paris says all French combat soldiers will leave the country next month, two years before allied nations contributing to the 100,000-strong International Security …
Afghan massacre âtoo big for lone US soldierâ
The 39-year-old allegedly left his base in the Panjwayi district of Kandahar province on the night of March 11 to commit the killings, which included nine children
Fears blight ‘Malala Day’ in schoolgirl’s hometown
People around the globe are expected to hold vigils and demonstrations honouring Malala
UN orders global sanctions against Haqqani network
The Taliban dismissed the UN sanctions, as they did with the US move in September.
Afghan presidential vote due April 5, 2014
Karzai’s re-election in 2009 was marred by widespread allegations of fraud
Saudis to build major Islamic centre in Afghanistan
The mosque, similar to the Faisal Mosque in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad that was also built by oil-rich Saudi Arabia in 1980s, will hold 15,000 worshippers at a time
Suicide bomber kills more than 40 at Afghan mosque
Suicide bomber detonates device at mosque in Maymana killing Eid Al-Adha worshippers
Six Afghan police poisoned, shot dead, officials say
The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack, according to purported spokesman Yousif Ahmadi, who said eight policemen were killed and their weapons seized.