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For Afghan refugee women, mental health is a dire struggle
Housed in a hotel in Bournemouth, Afghan women grapple with loneliness and depression as their chances of moving to permanent housing become bleaker.
Nigeria hostages confirmed dead
Source: AFP British, Italian and Greek governments have confirmed claims concerning the deaths of hostages in Nigeria. A…
Cameron holds Afghanistan and Pakistan talks
Prime Minister David Cameron held talks with Afghanistan’s President Hamid Karzai and Pakistan’s President Asif Ali Zardari on the…
Triumph to downfall
General David Petraeus has had many achievements and accolades under his belt and was unquestionably one of the most…
Afghan soldier killed at villager service
An Afghan soldier has been shot dead after gunmen attacked a service for the 16 villagers that were killed by a US soldier.
Male hair salons boom in Kabul
Male beauty salons in Afghanistan are now doing something that could have got men jailed or beaten ten years ago.
Afghan airport hit by Taliban bombing
A Taliban suicide car bomber has killed nine people in an attack on a military base at Jalalabad airport in Eastern Afghanistan.
Outrage in Afghanistan: Storify
American troops in Afghanistan are at the centre of controversy after burning copies of Koran along with rubbish. Prasanth Aby Thomas takes a look at reactions through social media from Afghanistan.
Taliban breaks off talks with US
The Taliban suspended talks with the US earlier today, whilst Afghan president Hamid Karzai ordered for US troops and Nato forces to be removed from villages by 2013 - following on from the killing of 16 civilians four-days-ago by an American soldier.
