Tag Archives: Kabul
By: Zabihullah Noori Afghan President Hamid Karzai — an out of favour character, not only among the world leaders, but also among many Afghans — seeks ways to regain fame by bringing the Taliban around the negotiation table. Many Afghans … read more »
Kabul – A female suicide car bomber attacked a van in Kabul on Tuesday, killing 12 people, including eight South Africans, in an assault insurgents said was in revenge for an anti-Islam film made in America. The bombing on a … read more »
Posted in News, South Africa, Southern Africa
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Tagged Afghan National Army, Afghan National Police, Afghanistan, IndepthAfrica, IndepthAfrica African news, International Security Assistance Force, Kabul, NATO, Politics of Afghanistan, United States
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By: Anthony Gregory On the eve of September 10, 2001, I went to sleep a libertarian, distrustful of the state, holding both major political parties in contempt, seeing the federal government as the primary enemy of the American people, their … read more »
ABUL, Afghanistan — The Taliban claimed responsibility on Monday for a roadside bombing that they said killed six American troops in a volatile part of eastern Afghanistan. Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid said in a statement the blast struck the U.S. … read more »
Militants armed with explosive vests, assault rifles and rocket-propelled grenades attacked the Spozhmai hotel near Qarga Lake, late on Thursday night. The assault, claimed by the Taliban, killed at least one policeman and there were unconfirmed reports of four civilians … read more »
A militant arrested in the attacks on the Afghan capital and three other cities has confessed that the 18-hour assault was carried out by the Haqqani network, a lethal group of fighters with ties to the Taliban and al-Qaida, a … read more »
Posted in World News
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Tagged Afghan National Army, Africa news, African news, Haqqani, Haqqani network, IndepthAfrica, Kabul, National Assembly of Afghanistan, NATO, Taliban, Wazir Akbar Khān
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KABUL, Afghanistan — Militants launched a series of co-ordinated attacks in the Afghan capital Sunday, with blasts and gunfire rocking three neighbourhoods that are home to Afghan government buildings, Western embassies and NATO bases. Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid claimed responsibility … read more »
Posted in World News
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Associated Press, IndepthAfrica, Kabul, NATO, Paktia Province, Sunday, Taliban, Wazir Akbar Khān, Zabiullah Mujahid
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The alleged attack on Afghans by an American soldier in Kandahar, where 91 soldiers were murdered last year alone, is already receiving the full outrage treatment. Any outrage over the deaths of those 91 soldiers in the province will be … read more »
Posted in Asia, Global Issues
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Tagged Afghanistan, africa african news, indepthafrica africa news, Kabul, Kandahar, obama, Panjwaye District, Taliban, United States, United States armed forces
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The United States embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan is on lockdown and violent protests are spreading throughout the nation. The impetus for the unrest was the burning of Muslim holy books at a NATO military base on Monday. The books, including … read more »
Posted in America, Asia, Global Issues
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Tagged Afghanistan, Africa news, African news, Allen, Bagram Airfield, Barack Obama, Demography of Afghanistan, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, International Security Assistance Force, Kabul, United States
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A teenage Afghan girl was brutally tortured, beaten and locked in a toilet by her husband’s family for five months after she refused to become a prostitute, it has emerged. Sahar Gul, 15, was in critical condition when she was … read more »
Posted in Abuse, Children & Youth, Miscellaneous
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Tagged Afghan Girl, Afghanistan, Badakhshan Province, Baghlan, Baghlan Province, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Kabul, Law, Sahar Gul
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Kabul – An Afghan woman cut off her father-in-law’s penis with a knife after he tried to have sex with her, a doctor in eastern Afghanistan’s Ghazni province said Saturday. “One day when the husband was away from home he … read more »
Posted in Miscellaneous, Odd News
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Tagged Afghanistan, Father-in-law, Forced marriage, Ghazni, Ghazni Province, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Kabul, Law, Oxfam
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By Viktor KORGUN In March, 2009, US President B. Obama announced a plan to withdraw the US forces from Afghanistan in 2011-2014. In the meantime, though, the US troops in the country grew in size to reach 100,000 by the … read more »
Posted in America, Global Issues, Middle East
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Tagged Afghanistan, Burhanuddin Rabbani, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Kabul, Karzai, Pakistan, President of Afghanistan, Talib, United States
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September 28, 2011 by benim
Kabul – Violent incidents in the Afghan war have increased by nearly 40% over last year, according to UN figures released on Wednesday. The figures showed total security incidents averaging 2 108 a month in the first eight months of … read more »
At least eight people have died after two Taliban suicide bombers attacked a British Council building in Afghanistan’s capital, officials said. Two Afghan policemen and a municipal worker were killed in the incident on the west side of Kabul, police … read more »
Posted in Global Issues, Middle East
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