World | Afghanistan
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Thursday May 23
Packing like a pro: Pack simply, pack lightly, pack tightly
Get your priorities straight and keep the weather at your destination in mind
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Thursday May 16
Six dead in Nato Afghan convoy blast
Hizb-e-Islami claims responsibility for attack that killed at least six
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Monday May 13
Roadside bomb kills 10 in Afghanistan
Three children among dead as Taliban launch ‘spring offensive’
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Thursday May 2
Herat grapples with surge in kidnappings
In war-torn Afghanistan, the third-largest city was an oasis of peace and prosperity — until abductors came with their demands for ransom
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Thursday May 2
President Asif Ali Zardari’s hollow achievement
While the president celebrated in March as his civilian government became the first to finish a full term, many Pakistanis didn’t join him
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Saturday Apr 27
Taliban declare ‘spring offensive’ across Afghanistan
Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan announced the start of their annual “spring offensive”
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Thursday Apr 25
An unusual quest for asylum in Afghanistan
While millions of Afghans seek to leave their native country, the world’s unluckiest refugees might be the ones moving in the opposite direction
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Thursday Apr 25
Afghani policewomen ‘need separate rest rooms’
Rights group says move will prevent harassment and sexual assault at work
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Wednesday Apr 24
Afghanistan earthquake kills 7 and injures dozens
5.6 earthquake in east of country sends people fleeing as homes are destroyed
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Monday Apr 22
Taliban seize group after helicopter comes down
Ankara holding “intensive talks” with Afghan authorities
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Monday Apr 22
Afghanistan Taliban hostage 9: officials
Turkish nationals seized by Taliban after their helicopter made an emergency landing in Afghanistan
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Friday Apr 12
Militants kill 13 Afghan troops at army post
‘We have recovered the bodies of 13 of our soldiers’
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Thursday Apr 4
Taliban kill 53 in Afghanistan court bomb attack
Suicide mission is one of the deadliest in 11-year-old war
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Monday Apr 1
How Sesame Street tones down for Afghanistan
Afghans are working out how to avoid upsetting audiences in their quest to educate children
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Sunday Mar 31
Afghanistan president Hamid Karzai to hold Taliban talks in Qatar
Discussions centre around proposed office for the Taliban in the Gulf state
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Tuesday Mar 26
Suicide bombers storm police compound in Afghanistan: 5 officers dead
Attack comes on second day of US Secretary of State John Kerry’s visit to Kabul
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Monday Mar 25
US to cede full control of Bagram to Afghan forces
Move a litmus test of Karzai’s push to regain sovereignty over key matters from the Americans
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Wednesday Mar 13
Afghanistan welcomes new army recruits
The Afghanistan military marked getting 500 recruits, both men and women, during a graduation ceremony
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Tuesday Mar 12
5 Nato soldiers die in Afghanistan chopper crash
Helicopter comes down during heavy rain storm in Daman district
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Tuesday Mar 5
Kabul Bank bosses jailed for five years: court
Responsible for multi-million-dollar fraud that caused e bank to collapse in 2010
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Sunday Feb 17
Karzai orders cameras to combat torture
Interrogation facilities should be equipped with cameras to prevent torture
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Wednesday Feb 13
Nato accused of killing 10 Afghan civilians
Kabul welcomes Obama’s pledge to withdraw more US troops
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Wednesday Feb 13
‘Ape woman’ gets decent funeral after 150 years
Mexican woman with genetic condition was party of travelling freak show in 19th century
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Wednesday Feb 13
Nato air strike kills 10 civilians, say Afghan officials
Five children and four women killed, say reports
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Sunday Feb 10
Afghanistan's babies behind bars
Special report: Meet the babies behind bars in Kabul, Afghanistan, where their mothers are being punished
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Faith healers charged with murder
US couple ignored court order to seek medical care for their children
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Interview with Aminatta Forna
The author of ‘The Hired Man’ is amazed by how little it takes for people to turn evil, or just look away — and stay in denial after that
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How women can have it all
Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg has enraged both sexes with her new book on women and work
