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Viral Video Of Young Girl At Kabul Airport Being Given To US, UK Soldiers
Britain is unable to evacuate unaccompanied children from Afghanistan, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said on Thursday when asked about footage which showed a young child being handed over a wall to Western soldiers at Kabul airport.
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Hamid Karzai Blessed With A Baby Girl
Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai was blessed with a baby girl, his fourth child, in a private hospital.
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Briton Goes On Trial In France For Trying To Smuggle Afghan Child Into UK
Former soldier Rob Lawrie goes on trial in France today for trying to smuggle a four-year-old Afghan girl into Britain at her father's request.
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Afghan child bride's in-laws sentenced for torture
The in-laws of a child bride who became the bruised and bloodied face of women's rights in Afghanistan have been sentenced to 10 years in prison for torture, abuse and human rights violations. The plight of 15-year-old Sahar Gul captivated the nation and set off a storm of international condemnation when it came to light in late December. Gul's hus...
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Brides escape marriage, but not lashes
The two Afghan girls had every reason to expect the law would be on their side when a policeman at a checkpoint stopped the bus they were in. Disguised in boys' clothes, the girls, ages 13 and 14, had been fleeing for two days along rutted roads and over mountain passes to escape their illegal, forced marriages to much older men, and now they had m...
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Viral Video Of Young Girl At Kabul Airport Being Given To US, UK Soldiers
Britain is unable to evacuate unaccompanied children from Afghanistan, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said on Thursday when asked about footage which showed a young child being handed over a wall to Western soldiers at Kabul airport.
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Hamid Karzai Blessed With A Baby Girl
Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai was blessed with a baby girl, his fourth child, in a private hospital.
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Briton Goes On Trial In France For Trying To Smuggle Afghan Child Into UK
Former soldier Rob Lawrie goes on trial in France today for trying to smuggle a four-year-old Afghan girl into Britain at her father's request.
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Afghan child bride's in-laws sentenced for torture
The in-laws of a child bride who became the bruised and bloodied face of women's rights in Afghanistan have been sentenced to 10 years in prison for torture, abuse and human rights violations. The plight of 15-year-old Sahar Gul captivated the nation and set off a storm of international condemnation when it came to light in late December. Gul's hus...
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Brides escape marriage, but not lashes
The two Afghan girls had every reason to expect the law would be on their side when a policeman at a checkpoint stopped the bus they were in. Disguised in boys' clothes, the girls, ages 13 and 14, had been fleeing for two days along rutted roads and over mountain passes to escape their illegal, forced marriages to much older men, and now they had m...
