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Afghanistan Blast Aimed At Powerbroker, Energy Minister Ismail Khan Kills 4, Injures 17

AP | RAHIM FAIEZ | Posted 09.28.2009 | World

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KABUL — A powerful member of President Hamid Karzai's Cabinet threatened to quit after a suicide car bomb attack targeted him Sunday, killing fi...

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Herat: Bomb Blast Targeting Police Chief Kills 10

AP | ALFRED de MONTESQUIOU | Posted 09.03.2009 | World

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KABUL — Five rockets slammed into Kabul at daybreak Tuesday, one of them falling near the U.S. Embassy in a rare attack on the Afghan capital le...

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Sundance Film Afghan Star Incredible

Jim Luce | Posted 08.02.2009 | World

Read More: Kabul, Islam, Sundance Film Festival, Islamic Council, Britain’s Got Talent, Pakistan, United Nations, Adam Lambert, The Kite Runner, Democracy, Mathew Luce, Film, Dari, Oprah Winfrey, Muslim, Havana Marks, Pashtun, Herat, Taliban, Documentary, Rachel Reid, Pop Idol, Dance, Afghanistan, Sharia, Ismail Khan, American Idol, Afghan Star, Incredible, Mujahiddeen, Barack Obama, World News
Jim Luce

Afghan Star is the perfect window into a country's tenuous, ongoing struggle for modernity. What I would normally consider frivolous entertainment is downright revolutionary here.

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