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Kabul

Type: City

Name: Kabul

Country: Afghanistan

Latitude: 34.529999

Longitude: 69.169998

population: 3,043,589

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First Reported May 24 2012 - Updated May 25 2012 - 1 Documents

Another drone strike kills five militant...

A U.S. drone strike on a militant compound in Pakistan's North Waziristan, near the Afghan border, killed five insurgents early on Thursday, officials said."The drone fired two missiles on a house in Hassokhel town," 25 kilometres east of Miramshah, the ... [ Published May 24 2012 by NetIndia123.com ]

Entities: Drone, North Waziristan, Pakistan, attack

First Reported May 21 2012 - Updated May 21 2012 - 1 Documents

UN World Food Programme

Footballs and Literacy Change Lives for Afghan Women

WFP food rations can be an incentive for families to send women on training courses, where they learn how to read and write as well as basic marketable crafts. Enjila Hashimi spoke to women on a course in Kabul to find out what difference such a food-for-training ... [ Published May 21 2012 by AlertNet ]

Entities: UN World Food Programme, Rationalization, Kabul, Afghanistan

First Reported May 20 2012 - Updated May 21 2012 - 2 Documents

KABUL (AFP) ― The taekwondo star who became Afghanistan’s first ever Olympic medalist at the Beijing Games in 2008 wants...

KABUL (AFP) ― The taekwondo star who became Afghanistan’s first ever Olympic medalist at the Beijing Games in 2008 wants to repeat the feat in London ― in the hope of bringing peace to his troubled homeland.Rohullah Nikpa’s story is something of a fairytale ... [ Published May 21 2012 by Korea Herald ]

Entities: Afghanistan, Kabul, Beijing

First Reported May 21 2012 - Updated May 21 2012 - 1 Documents

Cricket

Cricket vs Taliban

While you’re reading this copy, the Indian subcontinent’s never-ending love affair with cricket, would have reached another level as the Indian Premier League would have entered its last leg. Cheerleaders, stardust, promotions, and nevermind the brawls ... [ Published May 21 2012 by Mid Day ]

Entities: Cricket, Taliban, Afghanistan, Kabul

First Reported May 19 2012 - Updated May 19 2012 - 1 Documents

NATO

Pak allowing U.S. 'diplomatic supplies' ...

Pakistan authorities had briefly opened a vital border crossing to allow at least four containers of 'office supplies' for the U.S. Embassy in Kabul to cross into Afghanistan from the Torkham border for the first time in six months, U.S. Embassy spokesperson ... [ Published May 19 2012 by NetIndia123.com ]

Entities: Mark Stroh, NATO, United States, Afghanistan

First Reported May 16 2012 - Updated May 16 2012 - 2 Documents

Olympics: Afghan taekwondo star sets hopes for London Games

KABUL: The taekwondo star who became Afghanistan's first ever Olympic medallist at the Beijing Games in 2008 wants to repeat the feat in London - in the hope of bringing peace to his troubled homeland.Rohullah Nikpa's story is something of a fairytale ... [ Published May 16 2012 by Channel NewsAsia ]

Entities: Afghanistan, London Olympics 2012, Beijing, Kabul, London

First Reported May 15 2012 - Updated May 15 2012 - 3 Documents

Afghanistan: Home to ‘world’s most extreme golf’ | The Raw Story

The air at Afghanistan’s only golf course — a half-hour drive out of Kabul — is certainly easier to breathe than the dust and pollution of the chaotic capital, but golfers accustomed to the eye-soothing sight of immaculate lawns would be in for a sho ... [ Published May 15 2012 by Newsvine ]

Entities: Afghanistan, Kabul, Pollution

First Reported May 15 2012 - Updated May 15 2012 - 1 Documents

18 holes in an Afghan war zone

Sayed Marai sweeps the green on Kabul Golf Course, in Kabul, Afghanistan. The club was abandoned after the Soviets invaded the country in 1979, when most Western embassies evacuated their staff, later the Taliban declared golf un-Islamic and shut the ... [ Published May 15 2012 by Special Broadcasting Service ]

Entities: Kabul, Taliban, Afghanistan

First Reported May 07 2012 - Updated May 08 2012 - 2 Documents

Pakistan holds the key to security at the Olympics

Instead of a military lock-down in London, politicians should focus energies on Islamabad. There are now just 80 days to go before the start of the Great Siege of London, when the daily routines of millions of the capitals citizens are to be subjected ... [ Published May 07 2012 by Telegraph ]

Entities: London Olympics 2012, Pakistan, Afghanistan

First Reported May 08 2012 - Updated May 08 2012 - 1 Documents

2012 Olympics: Kabul. Baghdad. London. Three to avoid this summer | Simon Jenkins | Comment is free | The Guardian

Is the new Olympic model one of competition between athletes or citizens and the defense industry? ... [ Published May 08 2012 by Newsvine ]

Entities: Simon Jenkins, Kabul, Baghdad, London Olympics 2012

First Reported May 03 2012 - Updated May 03 2012 - 1 Documents

Suicide bombers attack Kabul shortly after Obama’s visit

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (BNO NEWS) — Three suicide bombers attacked the Afghan capital of Kabul on early Wednesday morning, killing at least seven people and injuring several others, officials said. It happened shortly after an unannounced visit by U.S. President ... [ Published May 03 2012 by Thaindian News ]

Entities: Kabul, Suicide Bomb, attack, Barack Obama, Zabiullah Mujahid

First Reported May 01 2012 - Updated May 02 2012 - 3 Documents

Obama sees 'new day' one year after bin Laden raid

KABUL, Afghanistan -- President Barack Obama, speaking to a U.S. television audience Tuesday night from Bagram Air Base, declared that he had traveled here to herald a new era in the relationship between the United States and Afghanistan, "a future in ... [ Published May 02 2012 by Pasadena Star News ]

Entities: Barack Obama, Afghanistan, United States, Hamid Karzai, Taliban

Quotes

"The drone fired two missiles on a house in Hassokhel town" 25 kilometres east of Miramshah, the main town in North Waziristan, a security official said, adding that five bodies have been recovered so far

Another drone strike kills five militant... [NetIndia123.com - May 24 2012]

--"Few states set for health exchanges," by J Lester Feder and Jason Millman: "Many insurance experts and health policy consultants predict only a dozen or so states will be ready to run exchanges on their own [when health insurance exchanges open in 2014] -- and a few say that projection may be too sunny. Only a handful of the most militant states are likely to continue all-out resistance to federal health reform if the law is upheld which ironically would mean the federal government would run their exchanges."

Playbook: 'Prosperity shortfall' [Politico - May 22 2012]

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Another drone strike kills five militant... [ Published May 24 2012 by NetIndia123.com ]
Report: Taliban Strikes Secret Deal to Loot NAT... [ Published May 24 2012 by Breitbart.com ]
Playbook: 'Prosperity shortfall' [ Published May 22 2012 by Politico ]
New Zealand to pull Afghanistan troops next year [ Published May 22 2012 by WAND TV ]
Chicago, NATO and a tragic paradox [ Published May 21 2012 by SBS Blogs ]
Footballs and Literacy Change Lives for Afghan ... [ Published May 21 2012 by AlertNet ]
WAR: Barack Obama Will Not Defeat The Taliban [ Published May 21 2012 by Baseball Crank ]
Bates College student dies after going swimming... [ Published May 21 2012 by MSNBC ]
KABUL (AFP) ― The taekwondo star who became Afg... [ Published May 21 2012 by Korea Herald ]
Cricket vs Taliban [ Published May 21 2012 by Mid Day ]
Afghan Olympian hopes taekwondo can end fighting [ Published May 20 2012 by China Post ]
Chelsea return to heroes' welcome at Stamford B... [ Published May 20 2012 by Guardian.co.uk ]
NATO and G-8 summits allow Obama to showcase fo... [ Published May 19 2012 by Morning Call ]
Pak allowing U.S. 'diplomatic supplies' ... [ Published May 19 2012 by NetIndia123.com ]
Summits let Obama showcase foreign policy [ Published May 19 2012 by Arizona Daily Star ]
NATO, G-8 summits allow Obama to showcase forei... [ Published May 19 2012 by Oregonian ]
Canadian Sport Film Festival Announces 2012 Pro... [ Published May 18 2012 by Live-PR.com ]
Canadian Sport Film Festival Announces 2012 Pro... [ Published May 18 2012 by Market Wire ]
Book Review: Afghani's playing cricket [ Published May 18 2012 by Spencer Daily Reporter ]
DHL Barbarians take on Bahrain RFC today [ Published May 18 2012 by DailyTribune ]
Bahrain RFC to take on Barbarians [ Published May 17 2012 by Gulf Daily News ]
Asia's extreme golf [ Published May 17 2012 by iafrica.com ]
Golf in a war zone - watch out for donkeys [ Published May 17 2012 by Straits Times ]
Our Olympic Hell: A Militarised, Corporate, Jin... [ Published May 17 2012 by Eurasia Review ]
Olympics: Afghan taekwondo star sets hopes for ... [ Published May 16 2012 by Channel NewsAsia ]
Taekwondo: Martial arts for peace in Afghanistan [ Published May 16 2012 by DAWN Group ]
Afghanistan: Home to ‘world’s most extreme golf... [ Published May 15 2012 by Newsvine ]
18 holes in an Afghan war zone [ Published May 15 2012 by Special Broadcasting Service ]
Afghanistan course home to 'extreme golf' [ Published May 15 2012 by MSN New Zealand ]
Afghanistan: Home to 'world's most extreme golf' [ Published May 15 2012 by Malaysia MSN ]

Blogs

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Chicago, NATO and a tragic paradox [ Published May 21 2012 by SBS Blogs ] Hamid Karzai, the President of Afghanistan, shook hands with Barack Obama, his American counterpart, on the weekend and thanked Americansfor their “taxpayer money” and the help that cash has provided over thepast years. You’re welcome. Karzai and Obama ...
WAR: Barack Obama Will Not Defeat The Taliban [ Published May 21 2012 by Baseball Crank ] We have reached an endpoint of sorts in the decade-long Afghanistan War. President Obama will not keep U.S. troops in Afghanistan to defeat the Taliban and force them to accept terms of any kind. Have we lost the war? Should we have left years ...
OH CUE UP THE BILL CURRY REVENGE TOUR [ Published Apr 03 2012 by EDSBS ] OH YOU DONE DID IT NOW You thought you were buying a house cat, Sun Belt. You didn't know bitch-panther-tiger-dickrippers look identical to housecats. If you had done your homework, the blue fur would have thrown you off, or if you had noticed ...
The Guardian world cricket forum \| Rob Bagchi [ Published Mar 29 2012 by Sport: Sportblog \| guardian.co.uk ] Welcome to the latest instalment of our weekly blog offering a forum for cricket-loving folk around the world The possibility of Pakistan hosting its first international fixtures between Test nations since the attack by gunmen on the Sri Lanka team ...
Amazing Shots Of Afghanistan-Bound U.S. Army Se... [ Published Mar 29 2012 by 2oceansvibe.com - Work is a sideline, live the ... ] Those magnificent men (and women) and their flying machines. Operation Iraqi Freedom might be over, but the U.S., U.K. and NATO still maintain a significant presence in civil-strife torn Afghanistan, where the main challenge is to prop up the authority ...

Audio/Video

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Deadly Taliban violence in wake of Obama's trip [ Published May 02 2012 by CBS - YouTube ]
Car bomb kills 6 after Obama leaves Kabul [ Published May 02 2012 by Telegraph TV - YouTube ]
Taliban Attack After Obama Visits Kabul [ Published May 02 2012 by Associated Press - YouTube ]
An Afghan police commando's story -- the Guardian [ Published Apr 24 2012 by The Guardian - YouTube ]
Former Afghanistan Deputy Minister reflects on ... [ Published Apr 17 2012 by News On ABC - YouTube ]