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Eye-For-An-Eye Sharia Law Returns To Afghanistan Courts
Kneeling in front of a turbanned judge in a tiny room at the Ghazni Court of Appeal in eastern Afghanistan, an old man sentenced to death for murder pleads for his life.
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Taliban Surround Afghan City Ghazni, Take Over Civilian Houses: Officials
Taliban fighters have surrounded the city of Ghazni in central Afghanistan, taking over civilians' homes to fight security forces, officials said on Monday, the latest urban centre under threat from the insurgents.
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Afghan Woman Shot, Blinded, For Getting Job
The last thing 33-year-old Khatera saw were the three men on a motorcycle who attacked her just after she left her job at a police station in Afghanistan's central Ghazni province, shooting at her and stabbing her with a knife in the eyes.
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Plane Crashes In Eastern Afghanistan's Ghazni: Officials
A plane crashed in eastern Afghanistan's Ghazni province Monday, officials said, but it was not immediately clear how many people were on board, or if it was a passenger or military jet.
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7 Children Killed In Landmine Blast In Afghanistan
A landmine explosion killed seven children and wounded two others in southern Afghanistan on Saturday, officials said, as war ordnance again claimed civilian lives.
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Taliban Attacks Afghanistan Checkpoint, 9 Cops Killed
Nine Afghan policemen were killed and six wounded in the eastern city of Ghazni after Taliban fighters stormed their checkpoints. The assault began early Friday when the Taliban attacked two adjacent checkpoints. They then ambushed a group of police rushing to the scene, killing the local police head, Ghazni police spokesman Ahmad Khan Seerat said.
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At Least 100 Security Forces Killed In Fight For Afghan City
At least 100 security forces have been killed in the ongoing struggle to push the Taliban from the embattled Afghan city of Ghazni, a government minister said Monday, four days after the fighting began.
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26 Dead, Clashes Continue After Taliban Storms City Near Kabul
Fighting continued around Ghazni in central Afghanistan on Saturday, a day after Taliban terrorists stormed the city in a stark show of force, with at least 25 police and one journalist killed, officials said.
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Taliban Saw Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl As A 'Golden Chicken,' According To The Latest 'Serial' Podcast
In the days after Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl was taken hostage by the Taliban in Afghanistan, his captors made a decision: They would take the soldier west to Ghazni province, knowing that U.S. forces would be pouring into the eastern region around the Pakistani border looking for Bergdahl.
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Thousands Protest at Afghanistan Killings as Sectarian Fears Rise
Around 2,000 members of Afghanistan's Hazara ethnic minority held an angry protest today after militants killed seven members of their community at the weekend and dumped their partially beheaded bodies.
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Why Obama Decided to Leave Thousands of Troops in Afghanistan
President Obama announced a significant shift to his Afghanistan exit plan Thursday: Instead of exiting, there will now be up to 5,500 U.S troops staying in Afghanistan through at least 2017.
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Gunfights After Resurgent Taliban Threaten New Afghan City
Explosions and sporadic gunfire rocked the outskirts of Ghazni today after the Taliban attempted to storm the southeastern city, as the insurgents tighten their grip across Afghanistan following their lightning capture of another provincial capital.
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Resurgent Taliban Threaten to Overrun Another Afghanistan City
Fighting flared in eastern Afghanistan on Monday as Taliban insurgents threatened to storm another provincial capital, two weeks after their lightning capture of northern Kunduz city which marked their biggest military victory in 14 years.
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Taliban Storm Afghan Prison, Free Hundreds of Inmates: Officials
Taliban insurgents stormed the main prison in the eastern Afghan province of Ghazni early Monday, killing police officers and freeing hundreds of inmates, officials said.
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Afghan Taliban Storm Jail, Release Hundreds of Prisoners: Police
Taliban insurgents stormed a prison in the central Afghan city of Ghazni early on Monday, killing police and releasing hundreds of prisoners, police said.
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Eye-For-An-Eye Sharia Law Returns To Afghanistan Courts
Kneeling in front of a turbanned judge in a tiny room at the Ghazni Court of Appeal in eastern Afghanistan, an old man sentenced to death for murder pleads for his life.
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Taliban Surround Afghan City Ghazni, Take Over Civilian Houses: Officials
Taliban fighters have surrounded the city of Ghazni in central Afghanistan, taking over civilians' homes to fight security forces, officials said on Monday, the latest urban centre under threat from the insurgents.
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Afghan Woman Shot, Blinded, For Getting Job
The last thing 33-year-old Khatera saw were the three men on a motorcycle who attacked her just after she left her job at a police station in Afghanistan's central Ghazni province, shooting at her and stabbing her with a knife in the eyes.
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Plane Crashes In Eastern Afghanistan's Ghazni: Officials
A plane crashed in eastern Afghanistan's Ghazni province Monday, officials said, but it was not immediately clear how many people were on board, or if it was a passenger or military jet.
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7 Children Killed In Landmine Blast In Afghanistan
A landmine explosion killed seven children and wounded two others in southern Afghanistan on Saturday, officials said, as war ordnance again claimed civilian lives.
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Taliban Attacks Afghanistan Checkpoint, 9 Cops Killed
Nine Afghan policemen were killed and six wounded in the eastern city of Ghazni after Taliban fighters stormed their checkpoints. The assault began early Friday when the Taliban attacked two adjacent checkpoints. They then ambushed a group of police rushing to the scene, killing the local police head, Ghazni police spokesman Ahmad Khan Seerat said.
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At Least 100 Security Forces Killed In Fight For Afghan City
At least 100 security forces have been killed in the ongoing struggle to push the Taliban from the embattled Afghan city of Ghazni, a government minister said Monday, four days after the fighting began.
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26 Dead, Clashes Continue After Taliban Storms City Near Kabul
Fighting continued around Ghazni in central Afghanistan on Saturday, a day after Taliban terrorists stormed the city in a stark show of force, with at least 25 police and one journalist killed, officials said.
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Taliban Saw Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl As A 'Golden Chicken,' According To The Latest 'Serial' Podcast
In the days after Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl was taken hostage by the Taliban in Afghanistan, his captors made a decision: They would take the soldier west to Ghazni province, knowing that U.S. forces would be pouring into the eastern region around the Pakistani border looking for Bergdahl.
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Thousands Protest at Afghanistan Killings as Sectarian Fears Rise
Around 2,000 members of Afghanistan's Hazara ethnic minority held an angry protest today after militants killed seven members of their community at the weekend and dumped their partially beheaded bodies.
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Why Obama Decided to Leave Thousands of Troops in Afghanistan
President Obama announced a significant shift to his Afghanistan exit plan Thursday: Instead of exiting, there will now be up to 5,500 U.S troops staying in Afghanistan through at least 2017.
-
Gunfights After Resurgent Taliban Threaten New Afghan City
Explosions and sporadic gunfire rocked the outskirts of Ghazni today after the Taliban attempted to storm the southeastern city, as the insurgents tighten their grip across Afghanistan following their lightning capture of another provincial capital.
-
Resurgent Taliban Threaten to Overrun Another Afghanistan City
Fighting flared in eastern Afghanistan on Monday as Taliban insurgents threatened to storm another provincial capital, two weeks after their lightning capture of northern Kunduz city which marked their biggest military victory in 14 years.
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Taliban Storm Afghan Prison, Free Hundreds of Inmates: Officials
Taliban insurgents stormed the main prison in the eastern Afghan province of Ghazni early Monday, killing police officers and freeing hundreds of inmates, officials said.
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Afghan Taliban Storm Jail, Release Hundreds of Prisoners: Police
Taliban insurgents stormed a prison in the central Afghan city of Ghazni early on Monday, killing police and releasing hundreds of prisoners, police said.
