Taliban target U.S. army base in Afghanistan, attack ongoing Swissinfo | Reuters | September 2, 2013 - 06:33 | KABUL (Reuters) - Taliban fighters attacked part of a U.S. military outpost in the eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar on Monday, officials said, less than a week after targeting a Polish base in a nearby province. | Attacks on Afghan security forces a...
Exclusive - USS Nimitz carrier group rerouted for possible help with Syria Swissinfo Arab Spring | Reuters | September 2, 2013 - 00:01 | By Andrea Shalal-Esa | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz and other ships in its strike group are heading west toward the Red Sea to help support a limited U.S. strike on Syria, if needed, defense officials said ...
Seat for Hindus, Sikhs in Lower House of Afghan Parliament The Hindu Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Wednesday issued a historic legislative decree reserving a special seat for Sikh and Hindu Afghan nationals in the Lower House of Parliament. | A seat in the Wolesi Jirga has been designated for them, according to a s...
Afghan woman sought in alleged $1.1M bank theft Houston Chronicle KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The young woman worked for three years at the Afghan bank, officials say. Then one day she vanished. As did $1.1 million. | Afghan authorities have been scrambling to track down the suspected thief and several alleged acco...
Afghanistan: Child Marriage, Domestic Violence Harm Progress Huffington Post President Karzai Should Enforce Violence Against Women Law | (New York) – Afghan President Hamid Karzai should take urgent action to fight child marriage and domestic violence or risk further harm to development and public health in Afghanistan...
Hindus, Sikhs get one seat in Afghan Parliament The Siasat Daily New Delhi, September 04: | Afghan President Hamid Karzai Wednesday issued a legislative decree giving Hindus and Sikhs one seat in the country's lower house of parliament. | With this, the Afghan parliament will now have 250 seats. | This follows Kar...
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Controversies affect my family: Priyanka Chopra The Siasat Daily Mumbai, August 27: | Celebrities are no stranger to controversies, and Priyanka Chopra knows this. Having tasted her share of link-up rumours in the Hindi film industry, the actres...
>Hindus, Sikhs could get Afghan parliamentary seat Seattle Post KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghan President Hamid Karzai issued a legislative decree Wednesday giving minority Hindus and Sikhs a reserved seat in the country's lower house of parliament for the next parliamentary elections in 2015. | Karzai used hi...
NATO stresses strong Syria response needed US News Comment () Tweet | BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO's chief says he is convinced that the Syrian government used chemical weapons against its people and insists a strong reaction is needed to show dictators around the world that such weapons cannot be used with impunity. | NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said Monday that the alliance would r...
Always consider what follows the ‘quick strike’ Stars and Stripes So the U.S. launches a military strike. Then what? | As the Obama administration and the U.S. military plot military action against Syria, they should be spending just as much time — and arguably more — considering what happens next. Once Washington crosses the threshold of action, there’s no retreating from blame for anything that follows, w...
