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 Kabul |
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Afghanistan appeals for food aid| Afghanistan is appealing to the international community to provide extra supplies of wheat to alleviate a shortage | |
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| Jan.8 |
Afghanistan |
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 'Bribes' free top Taliban leader Mullah Sorkh Naqaibullah responsible for leading attacks on British troops says he has been freed from prison after paying a bribe
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| Jan.9 |
 Pakistan |
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South Asia hit by food shortages People across South Asia are struggling to cope with a severe shortage of affordable wheat and rice
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 Washington |
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3,000 Marines may be sent to Afghanistan  Map of Pentagon USA The Pentagon may send 3,000 Marines to beef up U.S. combat capabilities in advance of an expected spring offensive by the Taliban
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| Jan.14 |
Kabul |
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 Taliban attack luxury hotel  The Taliban say 4 of their fighters have attacked the luxury Serena hotel, popular with foreign visitors
| At least five people and a suicide bomber were killed. The dead included an U.S. citizen and a Norwegian newspaper reporter
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| Jan.23 |
Northern Afghanistan |
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Death sentence for Afghan reporter A 3-judge panel has sentenced a student journalist to death for distributing a paper he printed off the Internet that allegedly blasphemed Islam
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| Jan.25 |
 Switzerland |
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 Karzai: You can call me U.S. puppet Map of Davos Switzerland| He warned in Davos, that unless more is done to tackle growing extremism in Pakistan, Afghanistan could once again fall into terrorist hands | |
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| Jan.26 |
Kabul |
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  Afghanistan vetoes Ashdown envoy role Afghanistan has made it clear it does not want British general Paddy Ashdown to be the new UN envoy to the country
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| Jan.29 |
 Canada |
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 NATO's Afghan mission 'in jeopardy'| Canadian forces will remain beyond Feb. 2009 only if another NATO nation sends an additional 1,000 combat troops to Kandahar province | |
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Southern Afghanistan |
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Women hold rare protest About 500 Afghan women, many wearing burqas, gathered in a rare mass protest against the kidnapping of an American aid worker
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| Jan.31 |
Helmand |
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Blast kills top Afghan official Map of Helmand Afghanistan| The deputy governor of Helmand province has been killed in a bomb attack on a mosque | |
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