Baglan Province

Karzai second-term goals: unity, stamping out corruption

By Kabul, Afghanistan - Afghan President Hamid Karzai celebrated his election victory and announced Tuesday twin objectives for his next five years in power: Stamp out corruption and unify the nation. "We will continue to make...

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Witnesses Say Aircraft Crashed Into Afghan Mountains

Thursday, October 22, 2009 KABUL — Security forces searched a remote area of northern Afghanistan on Thursday after villagers reported an unidentified aircraft crashed into the towering Hindu Kush mountains. Details were...

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Afghanistan election runoff poses daunting challenges

By Kabul, Afghanistan - Flanked by a slew of international statesmen Tuesday, President Hamid Karzai put a second round Afghan election on the calendar, adding daunting new security and logistical pressures to an already deeply...

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Cops clear 'Jungle'

Police circled the infamous, sprawling camp dubbed The Jungle before dramatically storming it at dawn to arrest those inside. Others burst into tears at realising there was nowhere to flee - even though all 278 who were...

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Afghan migrants set for eviction from French 'jungle' (AFP)

AFP - More than 200 mostly Afghan boys and men braced Tuesday for a showdown with French riot police preparing to raze the "jungle", a makeshift migrant camp on the Channel coast they call their home.

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India keeping a close watch on Afghanistan polls

ibnlive.com is on mobile now. Read news, watch videos be a Citizen Journalist. Log on to New Delhi: Afghanistan voted for its second presidential elections amid heavy Taliban violence on Thursday. But in spite of the violence...

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Bibi Ayesha: Afghanistan's Only Female Warlord

By Mohammed Al Shafey London, Asharq Al-Awsat- In the middle of the mountains that surround the Afghan province of Baghlan, the only female Afghan warlord lives in a well-fortified house in the Nahrin district, but Bibi...

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