An Uncertain Future for Afghanistan’s Policewomen
Women in the police force were held up as a showcase for Afghan-Western efforts to promote rights in the new Afghanistan, born from the optimism that swept the country after the ouster of the Taliban...
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Once a Symbol of New Afghanistan, Can Policewomen Survive?
Afghan policewomen attend a training session in a classroom at the Afghan National Police Academy in Kabul December 9, 2012. Women in the police force were held up as a showcase for Afghan-Western...
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Uncertainty Remains in Post-2014 Afghanistan
Afghan National Army soldiers fire artillery during a military training on March 5, 2013. (Reuters Photo/Parwiz). As 2014 inches closer, the future of Afghanistan has become the center of many debates....
View ArticleUS Drone Strikes Violate Pakistan Sovereignty: UN
US drone strikes targeting the Taliban and Al Qaeda violate Pakistan’s sovereignty because the government says publicly it has not consented to the attacks, a UN envoy has said. Pakistan repeatedly...
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Pakistan Taliban Threaten to Send Musharraf to “Hell” When He Returns
Pakistan’s former military ruler Pervez Musharraf speaks during an interview with AFP at his residence in the Gulf emirate of Dubai on March 22, 2013. Musharraf said he would definitely return home on...
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Afghan Interpreters Begin Legal Bid for Right to Live in Britain
Former Afghan interpreter Mohammad, left, who has been granted asylum, poses with Jake Wood, a former soldier who served in Afghanistan, before handing a petition to the Foreign Office that calls for...
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Taliban Flex Muscle In Karachi Ahead of Pakistan Vote
Pakistani army troops prepare their guns ahead of the upcoming election in Nowshera, a district in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province on May 9, 2013. Saturday’s vote will be a democratic milestone in a...
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Pakistan Votes in Landmark Polls as Bomb Kills 11
A woman casts her ballot during parliamentary elections in Peshawar, the provincial capital of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan, May 11, 2013. Millions of voters began casting their ballots May...
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Kabul Suicide Bombing of NATO Convoy Kills 15
Afghan and NATO security personel walk at the site of a suicide attack in Kabul on May 16, 2013. A suicide car bomb attack in Kabul on Thursday killed six civilians and wounded 37 others, the Afghan...
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Day After Kabul Attacks, 10,000 Peace Balloons
Afghan volunteers walk in the city as they distribute balloons to residents during “We Believe In Balloons” an art project promoting peace in Kabul on May 25, 2013. (AFP Photo/Massoud Hossaini) Kabul....
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Militant Attack in ‘Peaceful’ Afghan Province
Afghan security forces stand over the dead bodies of insurgents after a suicide attack in Bazarak district, Panjshir province, on May 29, 2013. (AFP Photo/Shah Marai) Bazarak. Afghan security forces...
View ArticleTaliban Responsible for Attack on Georgians in Afghanistan
Kandahar, Afghanistan. The Taliban on Friday claimed responsibility for a suicide attack in southern Afghanistan that killed seven Georgians and wounded nine others. The head of the Georgian army...
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Taliban Guerrillas Cut Ribbon for Plush New Qatar Offices
A security guard stands outside the Afghan Taliban Political Office after the official opening, in Doha, Qatar on June 18, 2013. The Taliban said on 18 June that they would open a ‘political office’ in...
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Taliban Attack Afghan Presidential Palace and CIA Base
Afghan security forces arrive to the site of an insurgent attack in Kabul June 25, 2013. Afghan forces put down the early morning attack by Taliban insurgents on the presidential palace and nearby...
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Taliban Letter Accuses Malala of ‘Smearing’ Campaign
Malala Yousafzai, wearing a white shawl that had belonged to former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, gives her first speech since the Taliban in Pakistan tried to kill her for advocating...
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Hundreds of Prisoners Escape in Taliban Jail Attack
A policeman inspects the site outside the Dera Ismail Khan central jail after it was attacked by Taliban militants, in Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan, on July 30, 2013. (EPA Photo/Saood Rehman) Peshawar....
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Karzai to Visit Pakistan in Quest for Taliban Peace
Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks during a joint press conference with Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta at the Presidential palace in Kabul on August 25, 2013. Karzai is to hold key talks with...
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Taliban Bombs US Consulate in Afghanistan
Afghan soldiers walk towards flames outside the US Consulate after an attack by insurgents, in Herat province September 13, 2013. Insurgents including a suicide car bomber attacked the US consulate in...
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Suburban Dreams in Kandahar City, Birthplace of the Taliban
This picture taken on September 26, 2013, shows a general view of a new home in the Aino Mena area in Kandahar city. Quiet streets, neat gardens with private swimming pools and a fluffy white dog...
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Pakistani Taliban Chief Killed in Drone Strike
Pakistani Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud, center, sits with other militants in South Waziristan, in this file still image taken from video shot October 4, 2009 and released October 5, 2009. A US drone...
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