Afghanistan bans Kite Runner
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Afghanistan bans the film The Kite Runner on the grounds that it could incite violence.
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DOHA: State television channels of Qatar and Jordan announced on Saturday that they would not broadcast a series on a love story set in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan for âtechnical reasonsâ, a day after Islamists issued threats against the Jordanian
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Afghanistan's parliament has granted immunity to all Afghans involved in the country's 25 years of conflict, lawmakers said on Thursday, despite calls by human rights groups for war crimes trials.
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In July, Afghan President Hamid Karzai ditched his vice-president, Marshal Mohammad Fahim, one of the countryâs most powerful warlords.
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Hamid Karzai announced a boycott, saying a system to prevent illegal multiple voting had failed. The JEMB said on Monday it was investigating the complaints.
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Morocco banned an Islamist party on Wednesday after authorities linked its leader to what they called a terrorist network rounded up by police this week.
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KABUL - Afghan President Hamid Karzai dismissed a powerful warlord from his post as provincial governor Saturday in the latest move to solidify the central governmentâs control of wayward provinces ahead of Octoberâs landmark polls.
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GARDEZ, Afghanistan  - Afghan President Hamid  Karzai aborted his first election campaign trip outside the  capital on Thursday after a rocket shot over his helicopter as  he was landing in southeastern Gardez and exploded nearby.
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KABUL, Afghanistan Afghan president Hamid Karzai aborted his trip to a provincial capital today when a rocket hit near his landing site as his helicopter was approaching.
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Afghan authorities say they have arrested one of the Taleban attackers who stormed a top Kabul hotel.
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Sale of red roses and red gifts has been banned by Saudi Arabia's religious police in the run-up to Valentine's Day, reports a local newspaper
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Hamid Karzai also tells CNN that the al-Qaida leader will be caught because, as he put it, âhe can&#39;t run forever.&#39;&#39;.
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BERNE, Switzerland  - Spanish rider Alejandro Valverde has been banned from next month's world championships because of his possible implication in the Operation Puerto doping investigation.
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Afghanistan's parliament has granted  immunity to all Afghans involved in the country's 25 years of  conflict, lawmakers said on Thursday, despite calls by human  rights groups for war crimes trials.
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KABUL, Oct 10  - Afghan President Hamid Karzai Sunday angrily rejected a suggestion that problems with the presidential election meant that he would be reduced to &quot;horse-trading&quot; with his opponents.
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GARDEZ, Afghanistan  - Afghan President Hamid  Karzai aborted an election campaign trip to the southeastern  province of Gardez on Thursday after a rocket exploded just  before he was due to land by helicopter.
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Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai was forced to cancel a trip to a provincial capital after a rocket hit near the landing site for his helicopter.