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2 Dec 2011

Jailed Afghan Woman Freed but Urged to Marry Rapist

When the Afghan government announced Thursday that it would pardon a woman who had been imprisoned for adultery after she reported that she had been raped, the decision seemed a clear victory for the many women here whose lives have been ground down by the Afghan justice system.
When the Afghan government announced Thursday that it would pardon a woman who had been imprisoned for adultery after...
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11 May 2011

Cultural clashes drive Afghan recruits to turn on their Nato mentors

Sher Alim was so enraged by the US soldiers patrolling his village that he considered picking up his gun and firing at them. But Mr Alim, 36, is no Taliban fighter. A member of the Afghan Local Police (ALP) in Afghanistan's Wardak province, he is armed, trained and mentored by US Special Forces to battle insurgents.
Sher Alim was so enraged by the US soldiers patrolling his village that he considered picking up his gun and firing at...
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