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Nov 6 2009
British Prime Minister Gorden Brown became the second world leader to voice his deepest concerns on corruption in Afghanistan which has grown exponentially during the last eight years of International presence. Though Karzai has promised numerous times...
Nov 5 2009
In a rather surprising move UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon flew all the way from New York to Kabul to congratulate the re-election of President Karzai. It was believed to be ‘an expression of solidarity and of commitment on UN’s part with...
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Nov 3 2009
The election drama was put in suspense and the country was virtually engulfed in a rumor of constitutional deadlock when Abdullah Abdullah pulled out of the second round citing the non-fulfillment of his conditions for a transparent and fair second...
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Nov 1 2009
The Special Court against drugs/counter narcotics court revealed that during the first three months of 1388 (Afghan Year) 124 smugglers were sentenced to prison and cash punishments. Khalil-ur-Rahman Mutawakil, the spokesman for the court in a press...
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Oct 31 2009
Close aides of Abdullah Abdullah, the only rival of Hamid Karzai in the second round of elections on November 7, have revealed that the contender might choose to stay away from the elections thus boycotting it in principles. Ahmad Wali Masoud, a close...
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Oct 31 2009
The Afghan Government has laid claim to 1300 Square Meters of land near the Ka’aba, the Holy Site for Muslim Pilgrims. The land has now become part of the Holy Mosque due to the expansion of the Mosque’s Complex to house millions of Muslim who fly...
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Oct 30 2009
In the wake of recent incidents and claims vs. proclaims of fraud and a resulting second round of elections in a poor, largely devastated, war-torn nation the only angle which remained untouched due to the hype of pressure from the opposition...
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Oct 28 2009
On its October 28, 2009 edition Urdu Daily Newspaper “Mashriq” reported on its third page a report titled “Crackdown against Afghans… Sweets for the Police” The paper reports: “As a consequence of crackdown on Afghan immigrants whether the...
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Oct 28 2009
Today witnessed one of the bloodiest assaults on UN Mission in the heart of Afghan Capital Kabul. A UN guesthouse was attacked by assailants killing 10 people including six UN officials. The assailants were gunned down by the Afghan Police. It was the...
Oct 26 2009
As the preparations for the second round of elections in Afghanistan run against time, the presidential candidates are busy building coalitions and strenghtening their vote banks by traditional means of taking national elders into confidence. On the...
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