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	<language>en-us</language><item><title><![CDATA[Syria opposition dismisses Assad assurances]]></title>
	<link>http://www.surgar.net/english/-news-pg-Local-NewS-1311.html</link>
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	<pubDate>2012-02-08</pubDate>
	<description><![CDATA[Syria's opposition has dismissed assurances that President Bashar al-Assad is committed to ending the violence sweeping the country.
&nbsp;
Mr Assad told visiting Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov he was prepared to co-operate with plans for]]></description>
	</item><item><title><![CDATA[Pakistan: Lahore factory collapse 'kills 13']]></title>
	<link>http://www.surgar.net/english/-news-pg-Local-NewS-1309.html</link>
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	<pubDate>2012-02-07</pubDate>
	<description><![CDATA[A factory has collapsed in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore killing at least 10 women and three children, officials say.
&nbsp;
The blast at the three-storey building is believed to have been caused by a gas leak.
&nbsp;
Rescuers fear many]]></description>
	</item><item><title><![CDATA[Nato combat role in Afghanistan to end next year, Leon Panetta says]]></title>
	<link>http://www.surgar.net/english/-news-pg-Local-NewS-1305.html</link>
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	<pubDate>2012-02-04</pubDate>
	<description><![CDATA[<span style="font-size: small;">Nato forces aim to step away from the front lines in Afghanistan in the middle of next year and focus on training Afghan troops ahead of a complete withdrawal by 2015, US defence secretary Leon Panetta said]]></description>
	</item><item><title><![CDATA[Afghan woman strangled to death by husband 'because she gave birth to daughter' ]]></title>
	<link>http://www.surgar.net/english/-news-pg-Local-NewS-1303.html</link>
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	<pubDate>2012-02-01</pubDate>
	<description><![CDATA[
It was the latest in a series of grisly examples of subjugation of women that have made headlines in&nbsp;Afghanistan&nbsp;in the past few months &ndash; including a 15-year-old tortured and forced into prostitution by in-laws and a female rape]]></description>
	</item><item><title><![CDATA[Police seize 70 kg heroin in eastern Afghanistan  ]]></title>
	<link>http://www.surgar.net/english/-news-pg-Local-NewS-1288.html</link>
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	<pubDate>2012-01-16</pubDate>
	<description><![CDATA[JALALABAD, Afghanistan, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- Afghan police seized 70 kg of heroin in the country's eastern province of Nangarhar on Sunday.
&nbsp;
"Based on intelligence, a unit of Afghan Border Police launched a hunt operation to capture a drug]]></description>
	</item><item><title><![CDATA[Construction Company’s  Official Kidnapped In Ghor]]></title>
	<link>http://www.surgar.net/english/-news-pg-Local-NewS-1267.html</link>
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	<pubDate>2011-12-19</pubDate>
	<description><![CDATA[<span>Bakhtar News Agency</span>
&nbsp;
Chaghcharan (BNA) - A road construction company official has been kidnapped by unidentified gunmen in western Ghor province, an official said on Saturday.
&nbsp;
Mirwais Salehi, the provincial in-charge of]]></description>
	</item><item><title><![CDATA[Bomb blast destroys  music shop in Afghan town]]></title>
	<link>http://www.surgar.net/english/-news-pg-Local-NewS-1262.html</link>
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	<pubDate>2011-12-14</pubDate>
	<description><![CDATA[JALALABAD, Afghanistan, Dec. 13 (Xinhua) -- A music shop was destroyed as a bomb planted by unknown men went off in Nangarhar province, 120 km east of Afghan capital city Kabul, on Tuesday, an official said.
&nbsp;
"A bomb planted by unknown men]]></description>
	</item><item><title><![CDATA[Roadside Bomb Kills 5 Afghan Civilians ]]></title>
	<link>http://www.surgar.net/english/-news-pg-Local-NewS-1255.html</link>
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	<pubDate>2011-12-06</pubDate>
	<description><![CDATA[<span class="dateline">KABUL, Afghanistan &ndash; &nbsp;</span>A minibus full of Afghan civilians struck a roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan on Monday, setting off an explosion that killed five passengers.
&nbsp;
One woman and four children]]></description>
	</item><item><title><![CDATA[12 anti-government insurgents lay  down arms in western Afghan town]]></title>
	<link>http://www.surgar.net/english/-news-pg-Local-NewS-1250.html</link>
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	<pubDate>2011-11-28</pubDate>
	<description><![CDATA[HERAT, Afghanistan, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) -- A dozen of anti- government armed insurgents laid down their arms and joined the government-initiated peace process in Herat province, 640 km west of Afghan capital Kabul on Sunday, a statement of the National]]></description>
	</item><item><title><![CDATA[230 new graduates join  police force in W. Afghanistan  ]]></title>
	<link>http://www.surgar.net/english/-news-pg-Local-NewS-1247.html</link>
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	<pubDate>2011-11-24</pubDate>
	<description><![CDATA[KABUL, Nov. 23 (Xinhua) -- A total of 230 new graduates joined the Afghan National Police (ANP) in Herat province with Herat city as its capital, 640 km west of capital city of Kabul, a police official said on Wednesday.
&nbsp;
"As many as 230]]></description>
	</item><item><title><![CDATA[Afghan, NATO forces capture several insurgents  ]]></title>
	<link>http://www.surgar.net/english/-news-pg-Local-NewS-1241.html</link>
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	<pubDate>2011-11-19</pubDate>
	<description><![CDATA[KABUL, Nov. 18 (Xinhua) -- Afghan and the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) captured several anti-government militants in Helmand province 555 km south of Afghan capital Kabul on Thursday, a press release of the alliance said]]></description>
	</item><item><title><![CDATA[Profile of an Afghan kickboxing teacher]]></title>
	<link>http://www.surgar.net/english/-news-pg-Local-NewS-1235.html</link>
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	<pubDate>2011-11-14</pubDate>
	<description><![CDATA[By Noor Ahmad Noori
&nbsp;
A Brief Profile of Mohammad Laiq Asar, an Afghan Kickboxing Teacher
&nbsp;Forty-six year old Mohammad Liaq Asar was born in Afghanistan's Laghman province. To the people around him, he is known as "Aka", which means]]></description>
	</item><item><title><![CDATA[Local football match ends scoreless]]></title>
	<link>http://www.surgar.net/english/-news-pg-Local-NewS-1209.html</link>
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	<pubDate>2011-10-12</pubDate>
	<description><![CDATA[Reported by Noor Ahmad Noori
&nbsp;
A local football (soccer) match held in Lashkar Gah, the capital city of Afghanistan's southern Helmand province, ended in a draw on Sunday.
&nbsp;
The match was played between Shaar Wali and Maiwand. Neither]]></description>
	</item><item><title><![CDATA[Khost gets new sports stadium]]></title>
	<link>http://www.surgar.net/english/-news-pg-Local-NewS-1202.html</link>
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	<pubDate>2011-10-03</pubDate>
	<description><![CDATA[In Afghanistan's eastern province of Khost, an inauguration ceremony was held recently to mark the end of a three year old long construction project to build a sports stadium in the province. The sports stadium was built at cost of more than a]]></description>
	</item><item><title><![CDATA[What went wrong for Afghanistan's women? ]]></title>
	<link>http://www.surgar.net/english/-news-pg-Local-NewS-1198.html</link>
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	<pubDate>2011-09-26</pubDate>
	<description><![CDATA[
<span style="font-size: small;">Many assumed the invasion of Afghanistan would improve women's lives. But, a decade on, little has changed.</span>
&nbsp;
Women's rights have been central to the war in&nbsp;Afghanistan. Remember when&nbsp;Cherie]]></description>
	</item><item><title><![CDATA[Friendly football game held in Helmand]]></title>
	<link>http://www.surgar.net/english/-news-pg-Local-NewS-1197.html</link>
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	<pubDate>2011-09-26</pubDate>
	<description><![CDATA[Reported by Noor Ahmad Noori
&nbsp;
On Friday, September 23rd, a friendly football game was held in Afghanistan's southern province of Helmand. The match started at 3:00 pm, and it was held at Karzai Stadium in Lashkar Gah, the capital city of]]></description>
	</item><item><title><![CDATA[Bala Hisar Fort reconstruction survey begins; New park to be built in Kabul ]]></title>
	<link>http://www.surgar.net/english/-news-pg-Local-NewS-1152.html</link>
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	<pubDate>2011-08-10</pubDate>
	<description><![CDATA[Hamidullah Sarwary, the Director of Information and Culture, told Pajhwok Afghan News, that a reconstruction survey of the old Bala Hisar Fort in southern Ghazni province is currently underway. A project to restore the Fort will begin shortly after]]></description>
	</item><item><title><![CDATA[Afghanistan serviceman killed in ambush ]]></title>
	<link>http://www.surgar.net/english/-news-pg-Local-NewS-1148.html</link>
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	<pubDate>2011-08-06</pubDate>
	<description><![CDATA[
Press Association &nbsp;guardian.co.uk,

&nbsp;
A Royal Marine has died in&nbsp;Afghanistan&nbsp;after his patrol was attacked by insurgents, the Ministry of Defence said.
&nbsp;
The serviceman, from 42 Commando Royal Marines, was killed by a]]></description>
	</item><item><title><![CDATA[18 killed in attack in south Afghanistan]]></title>
	<link>http://www.surgar.net/english/-news-pg-Local-NewS-1142.html</link>
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	<pubDate>2011-07-30</pubDate>
	<description><![CDATA[From&nbsp;Fazel Reshad, CNN
&nbsp;
Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN)&nbsp;-- At least 18 people were killed in southern Afghanistan on Friday when their bus rolled over an improvised explosive device, according to a governor's spokesman.
&nbsp;
The]]></description>
	</item><item><title><![CDATA[Youth shot dead in Kandahar]]></title>
	<link>http://www.surgar.net/english/-news-pg-Local-NewS-1120.html</link>
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	<pubDate>2011-07-08</pubDate>
	<description><![CDATA[By Mohammed Ghobari and Mohammed Mukhashaf  | Wakht News Agency | Kandahar &ndash;Unidentified armed men shot dead a youth in Southern Province of Kandahar, &lrm;official said on Thursday. &lrm;  Kandahar police chief, Sher Shah Yousafzai told Wakht]]></description>
	</item><item><title><![CDATA[Canadians unaware of the good news in Afghanistan: Kandahar governor]]></title>
	<link>http://www.surgar.net/english/-news-pg-Local-NewS-1116.html</link>
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	<pubDate>2011-07-05</pubDate>
	<description><![CDATA[By Thane Burnett ,QMI Agency | DAMAN DISTRICT, AFGHANISTAN - The Afghan people know what this combat mission has cost Canada -- and especially the families of our fallen troops -- assures Kandahar's provincial governor.In an exclusive interview with]]></description>
	</item><item><title><![CDATA[President Karzai Flays Planting Mines Causing Death Of Innocents]]></title>
	<link>http://www.surgar.net/english/-news-pg-Local-NewS-1114.html</link>
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	<pubDate>2011-07-04</pubDate>
	<description><![CDATA[Kabul (BIA) The President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan strongly condemned planting mines causing the death of innocent persons in Zabul and Kandahar provinces.
 The President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan strongly condemned]]></description>
	</item><item><title><![CDATA[Hundreds protest in Afghanistan]]></title>
	<link>http://www.surgar.net/english/-news-pg-Local-NewS-1112.html</link>
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	<pubDate>2011-07-03</pubDate>
	<description><![CDATA[radioaustralianews | In Afghanistan, hundreds of demonstrators have taken to the streets of Kabul,They are protesting against rocket attacks that have killed at least 36 civilians along the eastern border with Pakistan in recent weeks.They're]]></description>
	</item><item><title><![CDATA[Ministers Visit Afghanistan for Canada Day]]></title>
	<link>http://www.surgar.net/english/-news-pg-Local-NewS-1109.html</link>
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	<pubDate>2011-07-02</pubDate>
	<description><![CDATA[KANDAHAR AIR FIELD, AFGHANISTAN--(Marketwire ) - The Honourable Peter MacKay, Minister of National Defence, accompanied by the Honourable Julian Fantino, Associate Minister of National Defence, the Honourable Rona Ambrose, Minister of Public Works]]></description>
	</item><item><title><![CDATA[ Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan leader captured wearing burka]]></title>
	<link>http://www.surgar.net/english/-news-pg-Local-NewS-1106.html</link>
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	<pubDate>2011-06-30</pubDate>
	<description><![CDATA[KABUL, Afghanistan DVIDS &ndash; A combined Afghan and coalition security force captured a senior Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan leader and two associates during a nighttime security operation in Kunduz District, Kunduz province, yesterday. The]]></description>
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