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    Security and Crime
    Feb 22, 2012 - 12:50

    8 dead as anti-US protests continue

    KABUL (PAN): At least eight people were killed and 27 others wounded as protests over alleged burning of the Quran by US troops at the Bagram Airbase continued across Afghanistan for a second day on Wednesday, officials and witnesses said.

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    Governance

    MPs seek harsh punishment for blasphemers
    Feb 22, 2012 - 17:14

    KABUL (PAN): Wolesi Jirga members on Wednesday called for exemplary punishment to the US soldiers who allegedly burnt copies of the Quran at the Bagram Airbase in central Parwan province.

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    Governance

    White House, Panetta & Clinton offer apologies

    Feb 22, 2012 - 10:05

    WASHINGTON (PAN): The White House and Defense Secretary Leon Panetta on Tuesday apologised to the people of Afghanistan on alleged desecration of the Quran by US soldiers at the Bagram Airbase in central Parwan province.

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    Governance

    Karzai calls emergency session of Parliament

    Feb 22, 2012 - 16:07

    KABUL (PAN): President Hamid Karzai has called an extraordinary session of Parliament on the alleged desecration of the Holy Quran by US soldiers, an official said on Wednesday.

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    Governance

    US hails Afghan leader's direct talks offer to rebels

    Feb 22, 2012 - 10:26

    WASHINGTON (PAN): The United States has welcomed Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s statement inviting Taliban leaders to enter direct negotiations with his government.

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    Governance

    President asks Gen. Allen to help investigators

    Feb 22, 2012 - 19:01

    KABUL (PAN): President Hamid Karzai on Wednesday asked the top NATO commander in Afghanistan to sincerely cooperation with a government team investigating the alleged burning of the Holy Quran by their soldiers.  

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    Security and Crime

    Rights campaigners seek public trial of Arifa’s husband

    Feb 22, 2012 - 20:21

    KABUL (PAN): The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) on Wednesday called for severe punishment to a man who cut off his wife’s fingers and lips and killed his daughter in wester

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    Health

    Death toll from pneumonia reaches 22

    Feb 22, 2012 - 17:51

    FAIZABAD (PAN): The death toll among children from phenomena has reached 22 in the Yawan district of northwestern Badakhshan province, where 15 people were buried under snow avalanches, officials said on Wednesday.

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    Security and Crime

    Foreign NGO official held on bribery charge

    Feb 22, 2012 - 19:56

    LASHKARGAH (PAN): An Afghan official working for a foreign non-governmental organisation (NGO) was arrested on bribery charges in southern Helmand province on Wednesday, an official said.

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    Security and Crime

    Daily Security Brief: February 22, 2012

    Feb 22, 2012 - 16:32

    KABUL: Three International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) servicemembers were killed in a roadside bombing, a weapon of choice for the insurgents, in southern Afghanistan, the alliance said on Wednesday.

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    Schoolgirls injured in Nangarhar airstrike

    Feb 22, 2012 - 16:11

    JALALABAD (PAN): Eight schoolgirls and a guard were injured in a NATO airstrike in eastern Nangarhar province on Wednesday, officials said.

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    Security and Crime

    2,800 policemen complete training

    Feb 22, 2012 - 16:57

    KABUL (PAN): More than 2,800 policemen received certificates on completing six-month professional training in Kabul on Wednesday.

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    11 snow-trapped policemen rescued by ISAF

    Feb 22, 2012 - 19:45

    CHANGHCHARAN (PAN): Eleven policemen and intelligence officials trapped inside their vehicles by heavy snow were rescued by a NATO helicopter in western Ghor province, officials said on Wednesday.

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    Culture

    Ulema Council chief rejects American regrets

    Feb 22, 2012 - 16:05

    KABUL (PAN): As protests against alleged burning of the Quran by US troops are spreading across the country, the Afghanistan Ulema Council on Wednesday said mere apologies were longer acceptable to the nation.

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    Security and Crime

    Man held for cutting off wife’s fingers, lips

    Feb 22, 2012 - 15:28

    HEART CITY (PAN): The prosecutor office in western Herat province said on Wednesday a man who cut off his wife’s fingers and lips and killed his small daughter had been arrested.

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