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Afghanistan: Taliban Reject Offer For Peace Talks With President

AP | NOOR KHAN | Posted 11.17.2008 | Home

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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — Taliban militants rejected an offer of peace talks with Afghan President Hamid Karzai, saying Monday there would be no n...

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Taliban Assassins Kill Ranking Policewoman In Afghanistan

AP | JASON STRAZIUSO | Posted 09.29.2008 | Politics

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KABUL, Afghanistan — An Afghan policeman opened fire on U.S. troops at a police station, killing an American soldier and wounding three, officia...

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The Indian Heroine Tulsi Falls in the Battle For Freedom of Speech in Karzai's Afghanistan

Shoaib Harris | Posted 06.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Islam, Cultural, Karzai, Afghan Election, Freedom of Speech, Religion, Indian Drama, Soap Opera, Drama, Ministry of Information and Culture, Afghan, Afghanistan, Tolo TV, Religious, Tulsi, Islamic, Hamid Karzai, Politics News
Shoaib Harris

It is particularly cruel to ban a family-oriented drama in a country whose populations were deprived of all legitimate entertainment opportunities for over half a decade under the Taliban.

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Strategic Incoherence and Taliban Resurgence in Afghanistan

Mark Schneider | Posted 05.20.2008 | Politics

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Mark Schneider

The costs of failing to increase resources and invest new energy into rebuilding Afghanistan would be unacceptably high: a return to civil war with factions divided along regional and ethnic lines.

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Afghanistan: The Most Dangerous Place On Earth For Women

Jamal Dajani | Posted 04.30.2008 | Politics

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Jamal Dajani

The fall of the Taliban six years ago heralded new rights for Afghan women: no more beatings, no more repression, and no more mandatory burqas. But di...

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Raining on Karzai's Parade

Lisa Gans | Posted 04.27.2008 | Politics

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Lisa Gans

As today's attacks underscore, Karzai's government has failed to bring stability and unity to a country in desperate need of both.

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Karzai Only Controls 1/3 of Afghanistan

AP | PAMELA HESS | Posted 02.27.2008 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — More than six years after the U.S. invaded to establish a stable central regime in Afghanistan, the Kabul government under Presiden...

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