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What the bronze medal means for Afghanistan

Source: Firstpost, Aug 10 2012, 11:37pm CDT

by Fariba Nawa Republished from New America Media. The unity and exhilaration was contagious. I felt like I was standing in the audience at the Olympics watching the taekwondo match between the Afghan and British contest ...

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Bomber kills 14 at Afghan provincial council

Source: Pittsburgh Entertainment  |   May 20 2013, 9:10pm CDT

KABUL, Afghanistan â A suicide bomber dressed in a police uniform killed 14 people, including a prominent provincial council chief, outside the council headquarters in northern Afghanistan on Monday, authorities said. T ...

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Military Memo: Applying Early Lessons to Build Afghan Security

Source: The New York Times  |   May 20 2013, 8:11pm CDT

Sergey Ponomarev for The New York Times Brig. Gen. Don Bolduc, deputy commander of Special Operations forces in Afghanistan, is preparing to leave after his ninth tour. He wears a chapan presented by the deputy interior minister ...

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40 weeks ago


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"We need to build on these emotions. We need to invest in this oneness. Oneness is not about being the same, but to work for the same goals in different ways. Nikpah proved this."


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Afghan peace lost in transition worries

Source: The Washington Post  |   May 20 2013, 7:37pm CDT

KABUL — Amid the scattered but steadily mounting carnage of the Taliban’s annual spring offensive, including a suicide bombing Monday that killed a provincial council head, hopes of stirring life into peace talks with the Islamist insurgents seem t ...

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Afghanistan: Law to Eliminate Violence against Women

Source: Scoop - New Zealand News  |   May 20 2013, 6:44pm CDT

UN Officials in Afghanistan Urge Ratification of Law to Eliminate Violence against Women New York, May 20 2013 - Senior United Nations officials in Afghanistan are today urging the Government to fully implement legislation to protect women from ...

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Yes, Karzai is an ingrate -- but the Afghans need us.

Source: Foreign Policy  |   May 20 2013, 6:20pm CDT

Not since the days of Charles de Gaulle has America spilled blood and treasure on a less grateful national leader than Afghan President Hamid Karzai. In a bid to be viewed as ideologically independent, Karzai has famously criticized the ...

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Pentagon requests nearly $80b for Afghanistan war

Source: GulfToday.ae  |   May 20 2013, 3:52pm CDT

WASHINGTON: The Pentagon has asked Congress for nearly $80 billion to cover the cost of the war in Afghanistan in 2014, a spokesman said on Monday. The request issued on Friday for $79.4 billion in fiscal year 2014 is slightly lowe ...

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UNAMA and UN Women call on Afghan authorities to ensure full implementation of the law to eliminate violence against women

Source: UN Women   |   May 20 2013, 3:41pm CDT

KABUL, 20 May 2013 – The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) and UN Women have urged Afghan authorities to step up their efforts to ensure the full implementation of the law on the Elimination of ...

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Setback for Afghan women’s rights, but ‘civil society blossoms’

Source: Humanitarian News  |   May 20 2013, 3:16pm CDT

Afghanistan’s parliament has rejected a law banning violence against women in “a severe blow to progress made in women’s rights in the conservative Muslim country since the Islamist Taliban was toppled over a de ...

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Politician among 14 dead in Afghan attack

Source: The Nation - Pakistan  |   May 20 2013, 2:00pm CDT

MAZAR-I-SHARIF : A suicide bomber struck outside government buildings in northern Afghanistan on Monday, killing 14 people including a local politician in the latest attack to target provincial officials. Emergency services rushed ...

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