bales charged with murders

In statement from Kabul, U.S military said Bales also was charged with assaulting and attempting to murder six other Afghan civilians during in the early morning hours of March 11. Gary Kolb, U.S military Kabul, said Bales is alleged to have walked off base armed with 9 mm pistol and M4..

rising restrictions on religion

In Afghanistan, where misinterpretation of Islam is a punishable offense, two people were sentenced by a Kabul court in September 2008 to 20 years in prison for publishing a Dari-language translation of the Koran that did not include the parallel Arabic verses for comparison purposes. ..

they’re only sleeping

Yuldashev had been introduced to the Taliban in Kabul, and they had every reason to offer him refuge: President Karimov was belligerently anti-Taliban, and Uzbekistan was backing the anti-Taliban opposition in Afghanistan. ... In 1998, Yuldashev settled in Kabul, where the..

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