Afghan woman official killed in blast
July 14th, 2012 - 6:16 am ICT by IANS
Kabul, July 14 (IANS) An Afghan woman official and her husband died and 11 other people were injured when a sticky bomb attached to the couple's car went off in ... Read more...
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Woman in Taliban love triangle, executed
July 10th, 2012 - 12:05 am ICT by IANS
London, July 9 (IANS) A helpless Afghan woman was gunned down because two Taliban fighters "could not decide who could have her", the Daily Mail reported Monday.The 22-year-old woman, ... Read more...
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When cricket became a saviour in battle-scarred Afghanistan (With Images)
May 12th, 2012 - 1:39 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) Cricket has not caught on to any major extent in Afghanistan even 11 years after the Taliban was pushed out of Kabul in 2001. ... Read more...
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Afghan woman murdered in Delhi
March 4th, 2012 - 4:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 4 (IANS) A 22-year-old Afghan woman was murdered by her boyfriend in a south Delhi guest house, police said Sunday.The deceased Paimana, who was stabbed to ... Read more...
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140 officers commissioned into Afghan army
May 19th, 2011 - 6:45 pm ICT by IANS
Kabul, May 19 (IANS) A total of 140 officers, including 20 women, graduated from the Kabul Military Training Centre (KMTC) Thursday and were commissioned into the Afghan National ... Read more...
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Afghan woman, lover stoned to death by Taliban
January 27th, 2011 - 8:50 pm ICT by IANS
London, Jan 27 (IANS) A 19-year-old Afghan woman and her alleged lover have been stoned to death by terrorist outfit Taliban, after she reportedly ran away from an arranged marriage, reveals ... Read more...
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Notice to defence ministry on Afghan woman’s bigamy allegation
January 21st, 2011 - 10:12 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 21 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Friday sought a response from the defence ministry on an Afghan woman's plea seeking sanction to prosecute for bigamy an Indian army doctor, ... Read more...
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Pakistani woman’s nose chopped off by in-laws (Lead)
November 29th, 2010 - 3:01 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Nov 29 (IANS) A Pakistani woman's nose was hacked off and her head tonsured by her in-laws who then locked her up for three days as they suspected her of ... Read more...
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Poster girl of Taliban oppression gets new nose
October 13th, 2010 - 1:53 pm ICT by IANS
London, Oct 13 (IANS) The young Afghan woman whose nose was chopped off by her husband and who later went on to become the poster girl of Taliban oppression has now ... Read more...
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Taliban take aim at Officials to undermine counter-insurgency
June 10th, 2010 - 5:50 pm ICT by ANI
Kabul, June 10 (ANI): Government assassinations are nothing new as a Taliban tactic, but now the Taliban are taking aim at officials who are much more low-level, who often do not ... Read more...
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Adnan Sami marries Afghan-German woman
April 3rd, 2010 - 12:43 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, April 3 (ANI): Singer Adnan Sami has tied with the knot with an Afghan woman named Zoya Fariyabi in Mumbai, a private TV channel has claimed.The 36-year-old Khan's walima ceremony ... Read more...
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Theatre fest from South Asia on Women’s Day (With Image)
March 3rd, 2010 - 7:42 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 3 (IANS) Be it strife-torn Afghanistan, Pakistan or Sri Lanka, women in South Asia are playing an increasingly important and powerful role fostering peace.
Come March 8, the International Women's ... Read more...
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Four US soldiers, two civilians killed in Afghanistan
October 16th, 2009 - 11:10 pm ICT by IANS
Kabul, Oct 16 (DPA) Four US soldiers were killed in a bomb blast in southern Afghanistan, the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said Friday.
Two of the soldiers died in the explosion, ... Read more...
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Afghan scribe’s body abandoned to avoid more casualties: NATO
September 12th, 2009 - 3:25 pm ICT by IANS
Kabul, Sep 12 (DPA) NATO said Saturday its forces had to leave behind the dead body of an Afghan journalist to avoid "more casualties" after its airborne operation freed a Western journalist.
British ... Read more...
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Afghan journalists slam NATO for abducted scribe’s death
September 10th, 2009 - 6:32 pm ICT by IANS
Kabul, Sep 10 (DPA) An association of Afghan journalists Thursday criticised the NATO military operation that resulted in the death of an abducted Afghan reporter earlier this week.
NATO troops raided a ... Read more...
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Woman UN employee killed in Afghanistan
November 30th, 2008 - 7:10 pm ICT by IANS
Kabul, Nov 30 (Xinhua) An Afghan woman employee of the UN has been killed in eastern Afghanistan, the UN said Sunday.Belqis Mazloomyar was shot dead in front of elders at a meeting ... Read more...
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German soldiers killed three Afghan civilians: German military
August 30th, 2008 - 2:35 pm ICT by IANS
Berlin, Aug 30 (DPA) The shots that killed three civilians at an Afghan checkpoint Friday were probably fired by Germans, not Afghan security personnel, the German armed forces said here several hours ... Read more...
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Afghan woman, two kids killed in German troops’ fire
August 29th, 2008 - 7:49 pm ICT by IANS
Kabul/Berlin, Aug 29 (DPA) An Afghan woman and two children were killed and four other children injured as German soldiers opened fire on a civilian vehicle in the northern province of Kunduz, ... Read more...
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More than three dozen Taliban killed in Afghan combat: US (Lead)
August 16th, 2008 - 4:16 pm ICT by IANS
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Kabul, Aug 16 (DPA) The US military claimed Saturday to have killed more than three dozen Taliban militants in southern Afghanistan, and an unspecified number of others in the north-eastern region. A ... Read more...
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Militants kill female US spy in North Waziristan
July 31st, 2008 - 11:10 am ICT by ANI
Miranshah (NWFP), July 31 (ANI): An Afghan woman who was suspected of spying for the US was reportedly gunned down by militants in North Waziristan . Her body was found dumped ... Read more...
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Afghan clerics upset as woman makes it to Pop Idol’ final
March 14th, 2008 - 3:32 pm ICT by admin
Kabul, Mar.14 (ANI): Clerics in Afghanistan have reportedly expressed their anguish and raised objections to an Afghan woman making it to the final three in the country's version of Pop Idol.
Lima ... Read more...
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