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Sharp rise in number Afghan women in prison for "moral crimes"

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KABUL - About 600 Afghan women and girls are behind bars for so-called moral crimes, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Tuesday, the highest number since the Taliban were toppled almost twelve years ago.

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Coordinated Taliban attacks in Afghan south kill 6 policemen

LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan - Dozens of Taliban insurgents launched coordinated attacks on Afghan checkpoints in the south on Tuesday, killing at least six Afghan policemen, officials said, adding that a clash was going on.

21 May 2013

With end of Afghan war in sight, Europe pushes business

HERAT, Afghanistan - The European Union threw its weight behind developing Afghanistan's small but promising private sector this week, in the hope that business can usher in stability and peace once foreign troops leave by the end of next year.

World, Middle East Turmoil 20 May 2013

Pepsi to march in, as foreign troops leave Afghanistan

KABUL - PepsiCo will open its first plant in Afghanistan in 2014, its Afghan partner said on Monday, the same year foreign troops complete their withdrawal from the country after 13 years of war.

20 May 2013

Afghanistan's Karzai seeks Indian military aid amid tensions with Pakistan

KABUL - Afghan President Hamid Karzai plans to discuss potential arms deals with Indian officials during a trip to New Delhi this week, officials said, at a time when tensions are running high on Afghanistan's disputed border with Pakistan.

World, Middle East Turmoil 19 May 2013

Afghan parliament fails to pass divisive women's law

KABUL - Afghanistan's parliament failed to pass a law on Saturday banning violence against women, a severe blow to progress made in women's rights in the conservative Muslim country since the Islamist Taliban was toppled over a decade ago.

World, Middle East Turmoil 18 May 2013

Fearing Afghanistan instability, Russia mulls border troops

KABUL - Russia, predicting instability once NATO-led troops withdraw from Afghanistan by the end of next year, is considering deploying border guards on the Tajik-Afghan border, Moscow's envoy to Kabul told Reuters in an interview.

World, Middle East Turmoil 17 May 2013

Bomber in Afghanistan kills 15, including six Americans

KABUL - A suicide bomber in a car attacked a convoy of foreign troops in Kabul on Thursday, killing at least 15 people including six Americans, Afghan and foreign officials said, in one of the worst attacks in the Afghan capital in months. | Video

16 May 2013

Afghan Taliban says frees four remaining Turks

KABUL - The Afghan Taliban said on Tuesday it had freed the remaining four of eight Turkish civilians detained last month, the Islamist group said in a statement, adding it hoped the gesture would improve ties with Ankara.

14 May 2013

Obama to announce Afghanistan troop plans shortly- Kerry

STOCKHOLM - U.S. President Barack Obama will announce in the next few weeks how many combat troops the United States will leave in Afghanistan in 2014, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Tuesday.

World, Middle East Turmoil 14 May 2013

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