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Hunter: 'Context' in urination
Washington Times Duncan Hunter A congressman who served in Afghanistan is seeking leniency for four Marines videotaped urinating on the corpses of Taliban fighters, while some backers of the Marines are voicing support online. Rep. Duncan Hunter, himself a former … Department of Defense: Phones cant outsmart troopsPolitico War and Peace With a Human FaceHuffington Post Discipline mattersBuffalo News Conway Daily Sun -San Diego 6 all 66 news articles » |
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Afghanistan: Women still jailed for 'moral crimes'
Washington Times Unfortunately, Gulnaz's story is common in Afghanistan. A 2011 report by the United Nations concluded that the Afghanistan government has made few changes to uphold women's rights. The report found that violence against women remains prevalent … Afghanistan: Supporting a Government that Justifies Rape?allvoices NEW SYNDICATED COLUMNSFlorida Times-Union (blog) |
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Will inking strategic pact with US lead to viable stability in Afghanistan?
Xinhua 19 had backed the proposal of having strategic relations with Washington and recommended the administration to ink the controversial pact which grants the US to have military bases in Afghanistan. In its bold decision inscribed in a lengthy 76-article … Three-year-old Afghan boy gets glimpse of life with the TalibanInternational News Network For a free, independent and democratic AfghanistanReporters without borders (press release) INTERVIEW: Hope dwindles for Taliban talks ahead of Bonn conferenceMonsters and Critics.com Times of India -Telegraph.co.uk -Reuters UK all 45 news articles » |
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Transcript: Masoom Stanekzai on peace and the Rabbani assassination
The Guardian (blog) MS: Everyone knows the issue of Afghanistan is very complicated, the peace, the war, it is very complicated. There are many parties to this conflict with many different motives and one thing is very clear – that the peace process was gradually … Denying PakistanLos Angeles Times Owning a warSouth Asian News Agency Pakistan Denies Peace Talks as Taliban Says Truce Is DeclaredBusinessWeek National Post -Globe and Mail all 991 news articles » |
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Denying Pakistan
Los Angeles Times At the latest international conference on Afghanistan, held this month in Istanbul, participants affirmed their resolve to "combat the financing, harboring, training, and equipping" of terrorism. The words were directed largely at … Pakistan Denies Peace Talks as Taliban Says Truce Is DeclaredBusinessWeek Pakistani Taliban announce cease-fire, sources sayCNN Owning a warThe News International Asian Tribune -The Nation, Pakistan all 826 news articles » |
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HS in Afghanistan: In Mazar-i-Sharif soldiers carry weapons even at their base …
Helsingin Sanomat Kevlar vests, helmets, protective goggles, and earplugs on, and then a firm grip on the assault rifle, and Lieutenant-Chief Arto is ready – to enter Afghanistan. Actually they already are in Afghanistan, … 2 US-led soldiers killed in AfghanistanPress TV |
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Afghan government: Pakistan to allow commission to investigate ex-president's …
Washington Post KABUL, Afghanistan — Pakistani officials have agreed to let an Afghan commission investigating the assassination of a former president travel to Pakistan as part of their inquiry, Afghan officials said Monday. Afghanistan has insisted that the … Afghans: Pakistan OKs Assassination InvestigatorsABC News Pakistan, Taliban begin 'very difficult' peace talksNational Post Afghans: Pakistan OKs assassination investigatorsSeattle Post Intelligencer AFP all 397 news articles » |
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Afghanistan 'loya jirga' sets conditions for new pact with US
Salt Lake Tribune Kabul, Afghanistan • An overwhelming majority of the participants in a loya jirga, or the grand council of elders, on Saturday backed Afghan President Hamid Karzai's call for a long-term partnership with the United States that would … Hundreds of Afghans protest pact with USUSA Today Afghanistan National Assembly Backs Pact With USNPR Ties with AfghanistanDAWN.com |
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Afghanistan: The past is not another country
The Express Tribune A living example of the contradictions of global conflict, Afghanistan is a place where the past, present and future intertwine so intimately, that you don't know where one ends and the other begins. … Afghanistan Like You've Never Seen ItHyperVocal |
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Tributes to soldier Richard Scanlon, killed in Afghanistan
WalesOnline A WELSH soldier killed by a bomb blast in Afghanistan was yesterday remembered as “one of life's great characters”. Lance Corporal Richard Scanlon, 31, from the 1st The Queen's Dragoons Guards died on Thursday when his … British soldiers killed in Afghanistan named by MoDThe Guardian Tributes to soldiers killed in Afghan bomb blastTelegraph.co.uk Two British soldiers killed in Afghanistan named by MoDBBC News The Press Association -Times 24 -The Sun all 211 news articles » |