âThe Kite Runnerâ Film Outlawed in Afghanistan
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The Culture Ministry has quietly banned the import of the film based on the best-selling novel about childhood betrayal, ethnic tension and sexual predation in Afghanistan.
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Norway closed its embassy in the Afghan capital because of terror threats Sunday, nearly a month after a Norwegian journalist was among eight people killed in a suicide attack on a luxury hotel in Kabul.
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Male tailors in an Afghan province have been barred from measuring female clients for fittings following a new local ruling that resembles the restrictions the ultra-conservative Taliban imposed on the country when in power.
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US rapper Busta Rhymes is banned from the set of a film he is appearing in after police raised security fears.
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Saudi Arabia bans the influential pan-Arab newspaper al-Hayat, after it criticises the government.
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The author of The Kite Runner says he agrees with the decision to delay a film version of his novel.
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After months of worrying and diplomatic wrangling, the movie studio that is releasing âThe Kite Runnerâ has whisked to safety four young actors.
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A 12-year-old Afghan boy starring in the upcoming film "The Kite Runner" fears he and his family could be ostracized or even attacked because of a rape scene that he says he reluctantly acted in &#151; a sequence the family wants cut.
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Arab viewers of a soap opera about Afghanistan apparently won't learn how the love story ends after the series was suspended following Internet threats against anyone involved in airing it.
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A controversial British film based on an award-winning novel about Bangladeshi immigrants, poverty and Islamic fundamentalism in London had its gala premier here Friday night - months after its royal performance was scrapped due to security fears.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai  abruptly canceled a speech to a state-run think tank in  Pakistan on Tuesday, but officials denied security was a  reason.
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Afghanistanâs historic moment turned sour as all 15 challengers to interim Afghan President Hamid Karzai withdrew in the middle of voting in the nationâs first direct presidential election today.
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Berlin bans an Islamic conference which officials say planned to lend support to violent attacks on Israelis and Americans.
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Afghanistan's Islamic council has told President Hamid Karzai to stop foreign aid groups from converting locals to Christianity and also demanded the reintroduction of public executions.
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Text of editorial entitled "Freedom of expression, the government's most notable achievement" published by Afghan state- run newspaper Etefaq-e Eslam on 6 March  The freedom of expression currently enjoyed by the media is one the most notable achievements of the government.
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Yash Raj FilmsÂ KABUL EXPRESS has been invited to be a part of AfricaÂs most prestigious film festival -- the Casablanca Film Festival.
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The Canadian government stopped transferring prisoners in Afghanistan to local Afghan authorities after witnessing evidence of torture, according to a newly released government letter.