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Afghan 'Rape' Law Could Jeopardize European Involvement: NATO Chief

BBC NEWS | Posted 05.04.2009 | World

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Nato's head says it could be difficult to persuade European countries to contribute more troops to Afghanistan because of controversial new laws....

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Karzai 'Rape Law' Draws International Fire

Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 05.02.2009 | World

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The Afghan law signed by President Karzai last month -- that essentially legalizes the rape of Shia women within marriage -- is drawing wide criticism...

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Hamid Karzai And The Cancer Of Corruption

Virginia M. Moncrieff | Posted 05.01.2009 | World

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Hamid Karzai is no lay down misére for the August elections and for all the violence and insecurity in Afghanistan, it may well be his tolerance for corruption that seals his fate.

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Karzai Accused Of Bid To 'Legalise Rape'

The Independent | Jerome Starkey in Kabul | Posted 05.01.2009 | World

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Afghanistan's President, Hamid Karzai, has signed a law which "legalises" rape, women's groups and the United Nations warn. Critics claim the presiden...

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Karzai's Presidential Term Extended 3 More Months

Quqnoos | Posted 04.30.2009 | World

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Afghan top court has extended Karzai's presidential term for additional three months till the transition of power in August 09. ...

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Obama Gives Afghan President Karzai Courtesy Call

International Herald Tribune | Posted 04.26.2009 | World

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President Barack Obama telephoned Hamid Karzai, the Afghan president, on Thursday to share the main elements of the American strategic review of polic...

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Taliban Insurgents Poised At Gates Of Kabul

CNN | Paula Newton | Posted 04.12.2009 | World

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A top Taliban commander has told CNN his insurgents are poised and ready to attack Kabul and could strike virtually anywhere in the city....

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Afghan Envoy Lays Into U.S. For Failed Foreign Policies

Washington Post | Posted 04.12.2009 | World

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Afghanistan's ambassador to the United States attacked Western governments fighting in and providing billions in aid to his country, saying that those...

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Karzai Trip May Push Iran To Assist U.S. In Afghanistan

AFP | Posted 04.10.2009 | World

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Afghan President Hamid Karzai arrived in Iran on Tuesday on a trip that could help seal Tehran's presence at the table for an international meeting ai...

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Hamid Karzai Seeks To Move Up August Election

AP | JASON STRAZIUSO | Posted 03.31.2009 | World

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KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghan President Hamid Karzai has backed off plans for an August election and asked the country's electoral commission to s...

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Obama Ready To Cut Karzai Adrift

The Independent | Jerome Starkey and Kim Sengupta in Kabul | Posted 02.23.2009 | World

Barack Obama's arrival in the White House and the wind of change sweeping through Washington could lead to the ousting from power of Hamid Karzai, Pre...

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Afghanistan President Karzai Pushes Strategic Foreign Military Changes

Quqnoos.com | Posted 02.21.2009 | World

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President Karzai once again urged a change in approach for foreign military operations in Afghanistan. President Karzai addressing parliament in its ...

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A Little More Conversation Is Key for Afghanistan

Patrick Barry | Posted 02.13.2009 | World

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Even as the bulk of foreign policy attention stays fixed on events in Gaza, a real debate is beginning to open up over the Obama administration's plans to tackle the Afghanistan problem.

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Economist: Obama "May Be A Nightmare" For Afghanistan's Karzai

The Economist | Posted 01.05.2009 | World

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BARACK OBAMA has promised to make Afghanistan his foreign-policy priority. But on the streets of Kabul his electoral triumph has been greeted with jad...

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Afghanistan: Taliban Reject Offer For Peace Talks With President

AP | NOOR KHAN | Posted 12.18.2008 | 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 10.30.2008 | 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 06.19.2008 | Politics

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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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Karzai Only Controls 1/3 of Afghanistan

AP | PAMELA HESS | Posted 03.28.2008 | 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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