Afghan Ex-Militia Leaders Hoard Illegal Arms
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Former militia leaders and residents in northern Afghanistan have been stockpiling weapons in violation of disarmament laws.
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Islamic militiamen struggled to keep up with a flow of former rivals ready to surrender prized weapons Thursday, further cementing the radical Muslims&#039; position as the undisputed power in the Somali capital.
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For the second time this month, Iran has come under scrutiny after Afghan security forces recovered a shipment of weapons destined for Taliban insurgents that came from across the border.
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LIMA, Peru  - The leader of a 200-strong armed  group that killed four policemen and seized a police station  and part of a southern Peruvian town, to demand the resignation  of President Alejandro Toledo, said it would hand over its  weapons on Monday.
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MOGADISHU -- Leaders of the Islamic militia controlling much of Somalia ordered the handover of all unauthorized weapons yesterday but did not say how it would enforce the directive in a heavily armed country amid fears of a regional war. The directive, issued by senior Islamic leader Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed and announced on local radio stations, applies to all ...
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BAGHDAD: Members of radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr&#39;s militia began handing back their weapons yesterday under a deal with the interim Iraq Government, while two US soldiers were killed in a Baghdad rocket attack.
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Â· Guns and equipment already handed overÂ· Insurgents promise not to attack Americans
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For the first time, all of the militia fighters in an Afghan region have been disarmed as fighters loyal to two northern commanders gave up their guns under a U.N.-run drive to demilitarize the country.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- Protesters angered at President Hamid Karzai&#39;s removal of a warlord governor in western Afghanistan ransacked UN compounds and clashed with security forces Sunday.
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A 45-member delegation of tribal elders began talks with militant leaders near the Afghan border Friday in a bid to stem the spiraling violence that erupted after Islamic extremists scrapped a peace deal.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- These have been fat years for Afghanistan's drug lords. Since the Taliban collapsed in November 2001, traffickers, some militia commanders, and provincial officials have reaped rich rewards from the opium and heroin industry, according to government and Western officials.
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Weapons, ammunition, aircraft and vehicles sold to the Sudanese government have been used to commit suspected crimes against humanity in the country&#39;s Darfur region and a UN arms embargo is needed to stop the violence, an Amnesty International report said
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An Afghan minister says land is being illegally appropriated by powerful individuals like MPs and senior officials.
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PRAGUE- Weapons and military material from the Czech Republic are allegedly exported to the countries in which human rights are violated and where there is a risk of their abuse, representatives of human rights ...
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When President Hamid Karzai sacked Afghanistan&#39;s most powerful provincial governor and his own close rival at the weekend, protesters in the western city of Herat
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Talks aimed at freeing two Chinese engineers taken hostage by al-Qaeda-linked militants in a lawless region near the Afghanistan border have broken down and tribal elders
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A massive arsenal of guns has been seized by police in a crackdown on illegal weapons bought over the internet.