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Pregnant, Married Teen Found Dead in Baghlan
A married teenage girl who was six months pregnant has been found dead in northern Baghlan province with police suspecting it may have been a suicide, Baghlan police told TOLOnews. The 15-year-old...
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Suicide Attack Investigators Are Inept: Senate
The delegations assigned by the Karzai government to investigate suicide attacks in Afghanistan are incompetent, senators said Sunday, pointing to the persistently inconclusive findings of the...
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World Anti-Graft Day Observed in Kabul
Afghanistan officials observed International Anti-Corruption Day with a gathering in Kabul just days after the nation was flagged in an international survey as one of the three most corrupt countries...
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Kuchis Clash with Police Over Kabul Land
At least two Kuchi nomads have been injured in a clash with security forces in the Qasaba region in northeastern Kabul on Sunday. Police said the clash began when security forces went early Sunday...
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TOLOnews 09 December 2012
Top news in this Bulletin: Pakistan's Foreign Office has rejected President Hamid Karzai's claim that the assassination attempt on Afghan spy chief Asadullah Khalid was planned in Quetta....
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Roadside Bomb Kills Nimroz Police Chief
The police chief of western Nimroz province has been killed by a roadside bomb in Herat province while he was driving Monday morning, a police official said. Gen. Mohammad Musa Rasoli was on the road...
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Laghman Women's Affairs Official Assassinated
Acting head of the women's affairs department in eastern Laghman province has been shot dead in the street only five months after her predecessor was assassinated, local officials said Monday. Najia...
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US Commando Killed in Afghanistan Rescue Mission
An American special forces commando was killed during the mission to rescue a kidnapped doctor in Afghanistan, the US government revealed Sunday. US President Barack Obama praised the special forces,...
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Suicide Attack at Pakistan Police Station Kills 8
Four Taliban suicide bombers attacked a police station in northwest Pakistan on Monday, killing at least eight police and local residents, security officials said. Read more...
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Hopes for US, Russia Agreement on Syria
Arab League chief Nabil al-Arabi says he hopes the United States and Russia can reconcile their views over Syria in order to facilitate a settlement of the crisis in the war-ravaged country. "Talks...
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Khalid to Receive Medical Treatment Abroad
Afghanistan's spy chief will be evacuated abroad for specialist treatment after being wounded by a Taliban suicide bomber, the government said Monday as further details emerged of the brazen attack....
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Election Commission Urges Voter Registration to Start
Afghanistan's Independent Election Commission (IEC) on Monday warned of greater challenges and corruption in the upcoming presidential election if voter registration does not kick off soon. IEC chief...
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Isaf Soldier Killed as Coalition Plans for Fourth Transition Phase
An Isaf soldier has been killed in the blast of an improvised explosive device in southern Afghanistan, Isaf said in a released statement Monday. No further details were given of the location of the...
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Afghan-Foreign JVs Awarded Copper, Gold Mining Contracts
The excavation of three mines has been awarded to three joint venture partnerships between Afghan-foreign companies, the Ministry of Mines said Monday. Two copper mines in Balkhab and Shaida and...
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Rights Abuses Will Continue if Crimes Go Unpunished: AIHRC
Human rights violations will continue as long as the perpetrators are not brought to justice, acting commissioner at the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission Nader Naderi said. He said that...
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Govt Blamed for Increase of Human Rights Violations
Human rights workers in Afghanistan on Monday blamed the government for the ongoing abuses in the country, saying that the situation was largely undermined by the government's weak response to the...
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TOLOnews 10 December 2012
Top news in this Bulletin: Human rights workers in Afghanistan on Monday blamed the government for the ongoing abuses in the country, saying that the situation was largely undermined by the...
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Morsi Gives Egypt Army Police Powers Before Referendum
President Mohamed Morsi has ordered Egypt's army from Monday to take on police powers -- including the right to arrest civilians -- in the run-up to a divisive constitutional referendum that has...
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Karzai Heads to Turkey for Trilateral Summit
President Hamid Karzai left Kabul for Turkey on Tuesday morning to attend a trilateral meeting between Turkey, Afghanistan and Pakistan. Read more...
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Venezuela's Chavez to Cuba for More Cancer Surgery
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez returned to Cuba on Monday for cancer surgery after naming Vice President Nicolas Maduro his successor and warning his inner circle to refrain from political intrigue....
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