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Afghan parliament fails to pass divisive women's law

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KABUL - Afghanistan's parliament failed to pass a law on Saturday banning violence against women, a severe blow to progress made in women's rights in the conservative Muslim country since the Islamist Taliban was toppled over a decade ago.

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Obama seeks to cut Afghan war spending by 10 percent

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama on Friday trimmed his funding request for the war in Afghanistan and other overseas operations by 10 percent, reflecting his plans to wind down the U.S. presence in that country.

Politics, U.S., 17 May 2013

Fearing Afghan instability, Russia mulls border troops

KABUL - Russia, predicting instability once NATO-led troops withdraw from Afghanistan by the end of next year, is considering deploying border guards on the Tajik-Afghan border, Moscow's envoy to Kabul told Reuters in an interview.

World, Russia, United Nations 17 May 2013

Bomber in Afghanistan kills 15, including six Americans

KABUL - A suicide bomber in a car attacked a convoy of foreign troops in Kabul on Thursday, killing at least 15 people including six Americans, Afghan and foreign officials said, in one of the worst attacks in the Afghan capital in months. | Video

World, 16 May 2013

Afghan scrap yards eye unwanted U.S. gear for steel industry

KABUL - U.S. forces in Afghanistan are hoping that a small steel industry can be born from the mammoth task of withdrawing equipment by the end of next year, jump-starting a scrap trade and injecting cash into local businesses.

World, 15 May 2013

Afghan Taliban says frees four remaining Turks

KABUL - The Afghan Taliban said on Tuesday it had freed the remaining four of eight Turkish civilians detained last month, the Islamist group said in a statement, adding it hoped the gesture would improve ties with Ankara.

World, 14 May 2013

Obama to announce Afghanistan troop plans shortly: Kerry

STOCKHOLM - President Barack Obama will announce in the next few weeks how many combat troops the United States will leave in Afghanistan in 2014, Secretary of State John Kerry said on Tuesday.

Politics, 14 May 2013

Four Turks to be freed soon: Afghan Taliban

KABUL - The Afghan Taliban will soon free the last four of eight Turkish civilians detained last month, the militants said on Monday, in what they called a gesture of goodwill toward fellow Muslims.

World, Kyrgyzstan 13 May 2013

Four remaining kidnapped Turks to be freed soon: Afghan Taliban

KABUL - The Afghan Taliban will soon release the remaining four of eight Turkish civilians the group captured last month in a gesture of goodwill towards fellow Muslims, the militants said on Monday.

World, 13 May 2013

Afghanistan says nine migrants killed by Iranian border guards

HERAT, Afghanistan - Iranian guards fired on a large group of Afghan migrants illegally crossing the border overnight, killing at least nine people, Afghan officials said on Saturday.

World, 11 May 2013

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