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Pro-women legislation

PAK NEWS — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:25:07 +0000

A THOMAS Reuters Foundation poll of gender specialists reported that Afghanistan in 2011 was the world’s most dangerous country in which to be a woman, due to poverty, poor healthcare and harmful cultural

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Sixteen days of activism: UNHCR calls for end to violence against women PESHAWAR: The offices of the UN Refugee Agency across the...

PM to talk Afghan peace in Qatar

PAK NEWS — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:25:23 +0000

ISLAMABAD – Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani will travel to Qatar next week to talk with leaders there about the prospect of a peace deal to end war in Afghanistan.
The 3-day official trip beginning from Monday suggests some progress in a process long stymied by mistrust. The visit (February 6-8) also aims at strengthening bilateral ties with the Gulf state in multiple areas.
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PM Gilani will travel to Qatar Monday for Afghan peace talk: FO Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani will travel to Qatar...
PM Gilani to visit Qatar to talk Afghan peace ”Our prime minister will have discussions in this connection with...
PM to discuss Afghan peace in Qatar ISLAMABAD, Feb 4: With Doha getting ready to host a...

2011 deadliest for Afghan civilians: UN

PAK NEWS — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:25:17 +0000

KABUL – A record number civilians were killed in Afghanistan’s decade-long war in 2011 – the fifth straight year the death toll has risen, the United Nations reported Saturday.
A total of 3,021 civilians died – mostly at the hands of insurgents – up eight per cent from 2,790 in 2010, the UN mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) said in its annual report.
The report stands in contrast to an upbeat …

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2009 deadliest year for Afghan civilians: UN UNITED NATIONS – With the conflict in Afghanistan escalating, the...
Five civilians killed in Afghan firefight: Nato KABUL: Five civilians, two of them children, were killed...
Three Afghan civilians die in Nato air strike The issue of civilian casualties is a cause of...

Taliban deny Mullah Omar wrote to Obama

PAK NEWS — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:25:16 +0000

KABUL – The Afghan Taliban denied on Saturday that the group’s leader Mullah Omar wrote to the White House last year.
The White House received a letter in 2011 which purported to come directly from Mullah Omar, asking the United States to deliver prisoners whose transfer is now central to American efforts to broker peace in Afghanistan, an Obama administration official said …

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Afghan TV claims Mullah Omar killed, Taliban deny ISLAMABAD: A senior Pakistani security official said on Monday he...
Mullah Omar sent letter to Obama to end war WASHINGTON: Reclusive Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar wrote to President...
Afghan Taliban rejects Mullah Omar death .. .. Taliban spokesmen strongly rejected the rumors about the...

Taliban deny their leader sent letter to Obama

PAK NEWS — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:25:10 +0000

The Afghan Taliban on Saturday denied that their leader Mullah Omar had written to President Barack Obama last July. Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid said reports that Omar had sent a letter indicating an interest in talks key to ending the war in Afghanistan were “baseless allegations.” “The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan is strongly condemning these rumors and allegations,” Mujahid said in …

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Mullah Omar sent letter to Obama to end war WASHINGTON: Reclusive Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar wrote to President...
Afghan Taliban rejects Mullah Omar death .. .. Taliban spokesmen strongly rejected the rumors about the...
Taliban deny Mullah Omar wrote to Obama KABUL – The Afghan Taliban denied on Saturday that the...

PM Gilani will travel to Qatar Monday for Afghan peace talk: FO

PAK NEWS — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 10:25:12 +0000

Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani will travel to Qatar next week to talk with government leaders there about moves to broker a peace deal with the Afghan Taliban, Foreign Office said Saturday.
Talking to a private television on Saturday, Foreign Office Spokesman Abdul Basit confirmed that the premier would visit Qatar next week as part of efforts to bring peace in Afghanistan.
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PM Gilani to visit Qatar to talk Afghan peace ”Our prime minister will have discussions in this connection with...
PM to talk Afghan peace in Qatar ISLAMABAD – Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani will travel...
PM to discuss Afghan peace in Qatar ISLAMABAD, Feb 4: With Doha getting ready to host a...

American brigadier general dies in Afghanistan

PAK NEWS — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 10:25:12 +0000

A 49-year-old US Brigadier general died of apparently natural causes in Afghanistan, the Army said Friday, the highest-ranking soldier to die during the war.
Brig. Gen. Terence J. Hildner was identified as the first of that rank to die in Afghanistan since the war began there in 2001.
The New Haven, Conn.-born Hildner, who listed Fairfax, Va., as his home, took command of 13th Sustainment Command …

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American troops likely to stay in Afghanistan for years: US general US Marine Corps commandant General James Conway said Tuesday...
New US General to take over Afghanistan command Gen. Stanley McChrystal, a four-star American general with a long...
Obama wants stability in Afghanistan, Pakistan WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama has said his administration wants...

Record civilian death toll in Afghan war last year: UN

PAK NEWS — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 07:25:20 +0000

A record number civilians were killed in Afghanistan’s decade-long war last year, with a dramatic rise in the number of deaths from suicide attacks, the United Nations reported Saturday.

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Afghan war civilian deaths highest yet in 2010: UN Last year was the deadliest yet for civilians in...
Afghan civilian deaths hit record high in Aug Rising violence ahead of Afghanistan’s disputed presidential election made August...
Nato to probe Afghan civilian death claims KHOST, Afghanistan: Nato said Friday it would investigate Afghan claims...

Mullah Omar sent letter to Obama to end war

PAK NEWS — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 07:25:17 +0000

WASHINGTON: Reclusive Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar wrote to President Barack Obama last year indicating an interest in talks key to ending the war in Afghanistan, current and former US officials told The Associated Press. The letter purportedly from Omar was unsigned. It was passed through a Taliban intermediary in July and was intended for [...]

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Taliban deny Mullah Omar wrote to Obama KABUL – The Afghan Taliban denied on Saturday that the...
Taliban deny their leader sent letter to Obama The Afghan Taliban on Saturday denied that their leader Mullah...
Mullah Omar in Karachi: report Mullah Mohammed Omar, the leader of the Afghan Taliban, has...

Pakistan safe havens causing problems, says Petraeus

PAK NEWS — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:25:22 +0000

WASHINGTON – Doubting the ‘willingness’ of Pakistan to go after the militant groups enjoying sanctuary in the country, top US intelligence official has said these elements have caused major problems for the Afghan and coalition forces working for a new Afghanistan.
‘We should be cautious in what we anticipate in terms of the ability of our Pakistani partners, and in …

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Safe havens obstacle to Afghan peace: US WASHINGTON – The United States believes that its success in...
US to push Pakistan to destroy terrorist safe havens The U.S. is hoping to destroy terrorist safe havens...
US not to allow terrorists safe havens in Pakistan: Obama Sending a strong message to Pakistan and Afghanistan, President Barack...