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Thursday | Silicon Alley Insider

I Traveled Through Afghanistan And Didn't See Another Tourist

Go figure. Then again, I always thought it would be even less visited. Not because of its beauty, cold mountains and fantastic scenery, but because of regular bombings, terrorist attacks and being the home turf of Taliban.

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Related Topix: World News, Asia, Afghanistan, Terrorism, Iran, Middle East

Thursday | Times of Oman

Vitamin C kills tuberculosis bacteria: Study

An Afghan woman holds a child in a tuberculosis section of the main hospital in Herat on April 9, 2012.

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Related Topix: Vitamin C, Supplement, World News, Asia, Afghanistan, Isoniazid (generic), Nydrazid, Laniazid, Medicine

Thursday | The Island Packet

Once you experience loss, you'll never forget the real reason behind Memorial Day

It's hard not to be excited about a three-day weekend and the subsequent four-day week that follows Memorial Day.

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Related Topix: Asia, Afghanistan, World News, US Military, US Marine Corps

Thursday | The Guardian

The sooner the US exits Afghanistan, the better | Matthew Hoh and Matthew Southworth

A new female recruit of the Afghanistan police force during a training session south of Herat, western Afghanistan.

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Related Topix: World News, Asia, Afghanistan, Prison, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama

Wed May 22, 2013

Big News Network.com

Afghan bombing kills six policemen

KABUL, Afghanistan - At least six Afghan policemen guarding a strategically important dam were killed in a roadside bombing Tuesday in the war-torn country's western province of Herat, officials said.

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Related Topix: World News, Asia, Afghanistan, Explosion

Tue May 21, 2013

The Miami Herald

Roadside bomb kills 6 policemen in Afghanistan

A powerful roadside bomb killed six policemen in western Afghanistan on Tuesday when their vehicle hit the explosives buried in the road, an Afghan official said.

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Related Topix: Asia, Afghanistan, World News, Explosion

Eircom.net

08:03: Six policemen killed by road bomb

A powerful roadside bomb has killed six policemen in Afghanistan's west, officials said.

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Related Topix: Asia, Afghanistan, World News, Explosion

Mon May 20, 2013

U.S. Department of Defense

Afghan, Coalition Forces Arrest Insurgents in Khost Province

A combined Afghan and coalition security force arrested three insurgents today during a search for an insurgent leader with ties to the Taliban and Haqqani terrorist networks in the Sabari district of Afghanistan's Khost province, military officials reported.

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Related Topix: World News, Asia, Afghanistan, Terrorism,

AlertNet

With end of Afghan war in sight, Europe pushes business

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.

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Related Topix: World News, Asia, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan Travel, Travel, Afghanistan Travel, Asia Travel, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan Travel, Herat, Afghanistan Travel,

Sat May 18, 2013

National Public Radio

She Works: Standing Up And Speaking Out

For our series on the Changing Lives of Women , we're asking NPR women about their careers - and inviting you to join the conversation.

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Related Topix: World News, Asia, Afghanistan, Iraq

The Miami Herald

Hard-line Afghan MPs block law protecting women

Conservative religious lawmakers in Afghanistan blocked a law on Saturday that aims to protect women's freedoms, with some arguing that parts of it violate Islamic principles or encourage women to have sex outside of marriage.

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Related Topix: World News, Asia, Afghanistan, Wedding, Religion, Islam

Fri May 17, 2013

BBC News

Why Afghans are wary of Sharif

Nawaz Sharif's victory in Pakistan's general elections is being seen with some alarm in Afghanistan, where some fear it may mean more instability.

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Related Topix: World News, Pakistan, Asia, Afghanistan, Benazir Bhutto

Thu May 16, 2013

The Columbian

Discuss

U.S. Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, R-Camas, delivers letters written to the troops from first-grade students at Captain Strong Elementary school in Battle Ground.

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Related Topix: Representative Jaime Herrera Beutler, US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Camas, WA, Battle Ground, WA, World News, Asia, Afghanistan,

Lowell Sun

Tsongas: Afghan women have made great strides

A little more than a decade later and with the Taliban long since overthrown, the prospects for women living in Afghanistan are brighter than ever, said U.S. Rep.

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Related Topix: World News, Asia, Afghanistan, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Representative Niki Tsongas, Democrat, National Defense University,

Wed May 15, 2013

CBC News

Canada adds Taliban, Haqqani network to terror list

Former Afghan Taliban members hand over their weapons after joining the Afghan government's reconciliation and reintegration program in Herat province on March 19, 2013.

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Related Topix: World News, Asia, Afghanistan, Terrorism, NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)

Tue May 14, 2013

Washington Times

Blast from the past: Soviet scraps abound in Afghan 'boneyard'

Known as the "Shindand boneyard," scraps of Soviet aircraft from the 1980s litter the landscape at Shindand Air Base , an Afghan military base in the westernmost province of Herat.

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Related Topix: Asia, Afghanistan, World News

CNN

'Spring Market 2013' in Camp Arena

Afghanistan: 'Spring Market 2013' - charity initiative sponsored by Italian Provincial Reconstruction Team Herat, May 13, 2013 - Today at 'Camp Arena' a fund raiser called 'Spring Market 2013', the usual appointment with the spring market organized by the Italian Provincial Reconstruction Team in Heart took place.

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Mon May 13, 2013

Institute for War and Peace Reporting

Afghan Air Industry in Trouble

Insiders in Afghanistan's embattled civil aviation industry say the government's "open skies" policy is squeezing them out of existence.

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Related Topix: Asia, Afghanistan, World News,

Sun May 12, 2013

Vallejo News

Karzai says US can have 9 Afghan bases after 2014 Afghan President...

Afghan President Hamid Karzai, who has irked Washington with his frequent criticism of American military operations in his country, said Thursday that his government is now ready to let the U.S. have nine bases across Afghanistan after most foreign troops withdraw in 2014.

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Related Topix: World News, Asia, Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)

Sat May 11, 2013

Daily Times

Nine Afghan migrants killed by Iranian guards

Hostility to the U.S. role in Afghanistan, regional ambitions and an economy choked by Western sanctions have contributed to a tough Iranian policy against Afghan migrants who flee war and seek work in their more prosperous neighbour.

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