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Suicide bombing at mosque kills 41 Afghans

At least 41 people were killed and over 34 others, including the provincial police chief, were injured as a suicide bomber blew his explosive up near a mosque in Maimana, the provincial capital of......

Pak refuses to hand over ex-ISI chief to Bosnia tribunal

Pakistan has refused to hand over a retired general, who headed the spy agency Inter-Services Intelligence, to an international tribunal investigating war crimes in Bosnia, according to a media......

US shouldn't manipulate Karzai's ouster

The Afghanistan presidential election result is mired in uncertainty after accusations were aired of electoral fraud. M K Bhadrakumar, a former Indian ambassador who knows Afghanistan better than......

Priceless Afghan carpets stolen

Three large carpets were stolen from an ancient Afghan mosque by thieves who came in the middle of the night and replaced them with cheap imitations, a local police chief said Wednesday. The......

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Q. What is the history of the city Mazar-I-Sharif and to what incident the city owes its existence?
: A. According to tradition, Mazari Sharif owes its existence to a dream. At the beginning of the 1100s, a local mullah had a dream in which Ali bin Abi...... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/what-is-the-history-of-the-city-mazar-i-sharif-and-to-what-i//answers/16825836

Q. What do you know about Mazar-I-Sharif? How come it is such a tourist attraction?
Jaya Mali: A. Mazr-e Sharf or Mazri Sharf Pharsee, is the fourth largest city of Afghanistan, with population of 300,600 people (2006 estimate). It is the...... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/what-do-you-know-about-mazar-i-sharif-how-come-it-is-such-a-/16825828/answers/16825811

Q. Why is there bitterness among Hindu-Muslims in subcontinent? My teacher tells every Muslim in subcontinent is actually a convert - their forefathers were forcibly converted by Arab invaders or killed.Those who didn\'t converted were deported as slaves through HinduKush (means killer of Hindus) mountains mostly dying in the way.So Muslims are waging war against the religions and beliefs their forefathers followed for thousands of years before Islam even existed.Isn\'t this the biggest irony of human race?
Jaya Mali: A. Right-wing Hindus invented baseless stories and fabricated history in order to sow seeds of hatred and enmity between the Hindus and the Muslims....... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/why-is-there-bitterness-among-hindu-muslims-in-subcontinent-/16825794/answers/16609809

Q. would you give me the few sentences of shanjahan?
Gurpreet: A. Shah Jahan (1592-1666) was the fifth Mogul emperor of India. During his reign, from 1628 to 1658, the Mogul Empire reached its zenith in prosperity...... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/would-you-give-me-the-few-sentences-of-shanjahan/16609565/answers/11209675

Q. Balkh and Badakhshan is the historic names of which present countries?
Swastikpati: A. Balkh was the name of present day Uzbegistan and Badakshan was the name of present day Kazakhsthan. more

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5 insurgents killed in Afghan-NATO forces' operations in Aafghanistan

Five armed insurgents were killed and 27 others arrested during joint security operations by Afghan and NATO-coalition forces in various provinces... ...

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Female police need private bathrooms

urged the Afghan government on Thursday to force police stations to build restrooms for female officers to protect them from sexual harassment. The... ...

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Officials confirm 38 deaths in Afghanistan quake, floods

Zee Media Bureau Kabul: A powerful earthquake that struck Afghanistan this week and the flash floods that ensued killed at least 38 people and... ...

http://zeenews.india.com/news/south-asia/officials-confirm-38-deaths-in-afghanistan-quake-floods_844690.html

Flash floods, earthquake kill over 24 in Afghanistan

Kabul: Over two dozen people have been killed in flash floods and earthquake in different provinces of Afghanistan during the past two days. A... ...

http://zeenews.india.com/news/south-asia/flash-floods-earthquake-kill-over-24-in-afghanistan_844618.html

Afghanistan earthquake, floods kill at least 33

An earthquake in Afghanistan's east and flash floods in the north killed at least 33 people on Wednesday as hundreds of traditional mud-brick homes... ...

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