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A mad, mad week
News, Alan Dawson, Published on 20/05/2018
» Week Three of the 2019-2020 election campaign was Crazy Week. There always is at least one.
IS claims Kabul mosque carnage
Published on 21/10/2017
» KABUL: The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing at a Shia mosque as Afghan officials on Saturday raised the number of casualties from the attack to at least 39 dead and at least 41 wounded.
Chonsawat may still be released early
Published on 24/08/2016
» Former provincial politician Chonsawat Asavahame may be released from prison early next month, while former massage parlour king and firebrand Rak Thailand Party leader Chuvit Kamolvisit will be released next year, says Kobkiat Kasivivat, deputy permanent secretary for justice.
Afghan fury as Iran, Turkey claim Sufi poet Rumi
AFP, Published on 30/06/2016
» KABUL - The Sufi mystic Rumi is one of the world's most beloved poets, and a bid by Iran and Turkey to claim him as theirs has infuriatede Afghanistan, the country of his birth eight centuries ago.
Afghanistan's Dostum unites friends, foes in anti-Taliban fight
AFP, Published on 21/11/2015
» MAIMANA (AFGHANISTAN) - As the Taliban expand into his old stomping grounds in northern Afghanistan, former warlord General Abdul Rashid Dostum -- who boasts of having a PhD in killing militants -- is galvanising legions of devout followers and erstwhile foes for battle.
Philippines' turbulent election season kicks off
AFP, Published on 12/10/2015
» MANILA - The Philippines' election season kicked off on Monday with politicians registering for thousands of posts, launching a typically raucous and deadly seven months of campaigning in a famously chaotic democracy.
Chonsawat rolls dice on court fate
News, Post Reporters, Published on 06/08/2015
» Facing court instead of fleeing gave Chonsawat Asavahame a chance to one day return to political power, a source among his advisers said.
Court jails Chonsawat for 18 months
News, Post Reporters, Published on 05/08/2015
» Chonsawat Asavahame, the suspended chairman of Samut Prakan Provincial Administration Organisation (PAO), has been sent to jail after the Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld an 18-month-jail sentence against him for dereliction of duty during the fraud-tainted 1999 municipal elections in Samut Prakan.
'Bang! and down': Afghan 'superhero' inspires awe and disdain
AFP, Published on 26/06/2015
» KABUL - He is called a superhero and feted with financial rewards from Afghan politicians, but the lionisation of the soldier who singlehandedly killed six attackers in parliament belies bubbling discontent over deteriorating security.
Afghan warlord angry at being 'sidelined' by Ghani
AFP, Published on 19/06/2015
» HERAT (AFGHANISTAN) - Ismail Khan played a major role in Afghanistan's struggle against Soviet occupation, but the powerful warlord now accuses his country's government of sidelining him just as it faces up to the Taliban's obstinate insurgency.