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A glimpse of life after Nato in Afghanistan's wild east

Published Date : 2012-05-19

Published By: Surgar5

As the Nato summit in Chicago finalises the arrangements for handing back control of Afghanistan, the BBC's Andrew North in the east of the country examines where this leaves the people of Nangarhar and Jalalabad Farmer Haji Zerak greets his visitor in the usual way of Afghanistan's eastern Pashtuns A light touch with his right hand on the other man's left shoulder, then a warm handshake - symbolising in Islamic teaching both men's sins being washed away. But this is not supposed to be a social call. His visitor, the local district governor, has arrived in Achin with a posse of heavily-armed policemen and a team of labourers wielding long sticks. They have come to ..... read

Australia pledges $300m to Afghanistan

published : 2012-05-16

Australia says it will contribute $100m annually for three years from 2015 toward the $4bn a year cost of running Afghanistan's security ..... read

Israel agrees to deal halting Palestinian prisoners' hunger strike

published : 2012-05-15

Jerusalem (CNN) -- Palestinian and Israeli officials both touted an agreement Monday aimed at ending a weeks-long hunger strike by Palestinian ..... read

Bomb kills 9 at market in northern Afghanistan

published : 2012-05-14

KABUL, Afghanistan –  Authorities say a bomb has exploded at a market in northern Afghanistan, killing nine people, including a local ..... read

Rescuers comb wreckage of Russian jet that crashed on Indonesian mountain

published : 2012-05-12

Jakarta, Indonesia (CNN) -- Bad weather hampered recovery efforts Friday as rescue teams combed a forbidding slope of an Indonesian mountain ..... read

Economy is doing well, says Shaikh Mohammed

published : 2012-05-09

His Highness Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, said the economies of the UAE ..... read

Obama: 2012 campaign still about 'hope' and 'change' Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/05/06/obama-2012-campaign-still-about-hope-and-change/#ixzz1u6D1Z6ua

published : 2012-05-06

Trying to rekindle the fire of his historic 2008 campaign, President Obama told supporters this weekend that his re-election bid is still about ..... read

Anger, sighs as 9/11 families watch terror hearing

published : 2012-05-06

NEW YORK –  Lee Hanson became deeply angry as the self-proclaimed mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks and co-defendants tried to undermine ..... read

At least 7 killed in blasts in Afghan capital, as Taliban says attacks a response to Obama's visit

published : 2012-05-02

KABUL, Afghanistan –  A suicide car bomber and Taliban militants disguised in burqas attacked a compound housing hundreds of foreigners in ..... read

Bahrain: Family of activist Abdulhadi al-Khawaja 'sad' at retrial

published : 2012-05-01

The family of leading Bahraini opposition activist Abdulhadi al-khawaja has denounced the decision to retry him and 20 other activists.Khawaja's ..... read

British Red Cross worker killed in Pakistan

published : 2012-04-30

Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- A long-time Red Cross staffer has been killed by his kidnappers in Pakistan, the International Committee of the Red ..... read

Officials: U.S. troops have fired from base inside Afghanistan at Pakistan 4 times

published : 2012-04-23

FOB Tillman, Afghanistan (CNN) -- U.S. troops have fired into Pakistani territory at least four times in the last 10 months in cross-border ..... read

Afghan government says militant blames Haqqanis for attacks on capital

published : 2012-04-16

A militant arrested in the attacks on the Afghan capital and three other cities has confessed that the 18-hour assault was carried out by the Haqqani ..... read

Taliban launch raids on Kabul and other Afghan targets

published : 2012-04-15

Militants are carrying out what they say are co-ordinated attacks on Kabul and other targets in Afghanistan.   A Taliban spokesman said ..... read

Iran nuclear talks resume after 15-month break

published : 2012-04-14

Six world powers and Iran are meeting in the Turkish city of Istanbul for talks aimed at ending the deadlock over Tehran's nuclear ..... read

Suicide attack kills 14 in Afghanistan

published : 2012-04-10

Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- A suicide bombing outside a district administrator's office in western Afghanistan killed 14 people, including three ..... read

Somali Pirates: Make them walk the plank

published : 2012-04-09

Dubai conference in June another chance for global response to quell maritime piracy at source   The storm had passed and a wave of relief ..... read

Titanic proves unsinkable, at least in the media

published : 2012-04-08

LONDON — It was dubbed the unsinkable ship, but 100 years after it disappeared beneath the icy waters of the North Atlantic, the Titanic has ..... read

Apple has an obligation to help solve America's problems

published : 2012-04-04

Editor's note: Clyde Prestowitz is the founder and president ofEconomic Strategy Institute. A former counselor to the commerce secretary in the ..... read

Russian plane crash kills 31, exposes safety record

published : 2012-04-03

MOSCOW - A passenger plane crashed and burst into flames after takeoff in Siberia on Monday, killing 31 people and putting the spotlight on ..... read

Clinton, Saudi King discuss world oil balance

published : 2012-03-31

RIYADH - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton discussed Saudi Arabia’s role in maintaining a stable world oil supply in talks on Friday with ..... read

China scandal: Police chief Wang Lijun 'sought UK talks'

published : 2012-03-28

The police chief at the centre of China's biggest political scandal for years sought a meeting with UK officials hours before he fled to a nearby US ..... read
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