Afghan women getting jailed for 'moral crimes'
The Afghan government should take urgent steps to halt an alarming increase in women and girls imprisoned for “moral crimes,” Human Rights Watch said Tuesday.
May 21 2013, 3:40 pm
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The Afghan government should take urgent steps to halt an alarming increase in women and girls imprisoned for “moral crimes,” Human Rights Watch said Tuesday.
May 21 2013, 3:40 pm
Read More101st Combat Aviation Brigade Commander Colonel Paul Bontrager said the Afghans need to be weaned off American aviation during the drawdown of US forces this year.
May 20 2013, 7:48 am
Read MoreMotorcycle-riding gunmen assassinated a police chief in front of his house after he led an anti-Taliban campaign in western Afghanistan, an official said on Saturday.
May 18 2013, 2:18 pm
Read MoreAt least nine people were killed and over 55 injured Friday evening when two blasts rocked Afghanistan`s Kandahar city, a government official said.
May 18 2013, 9:13 am
Read MoreThe MPs reportedly cut short the debate on a law to prevent crimes against women.
May 18 2013, 2:05 pm
Read MoreAt least six suspected pro-Taliban rebels were killed and five others detained in military operations by NATO-led forces in eastern Afghanistan, military officials said Wednesday.
May 15 2013, 12:21 pm
Read MoreUnidentified men detonated an explosive-packed car near the convoy of "foreign advisers" in Afghan capital Kabul, reports said Thursday.
May 16 2013, 1:06 pm
Read MoreA car bomb exploded inside an elite gated community linked to the family of Afghan President Hamid Karzai this evening, killing at least nine people and wounding more than 70 near the southern city of Kandahar, an official said.
May 18 2013, 12:08 am
Read MoreAn Afghan official says a bomb hidden in a parked motorcycle has ripped through a crowded bazaar in a remote region of the southern Helmand province, killing at least three people and wounding seven.
May 14 2013, 3:59 pm
Read MoreAn Afghan official says the government is investigating reports that Iran is holding as many as 21 Afghan migrant workers who tried to cross illegally into the country looking for work.
May 12 2013, 3:53 pm
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