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  Shashi Tharoor's Praise For Afghan Batter Who Helped Poor People At 3 AM

  Kerala MP Shashi Tharoor has praised Afghanistan cricketer Rahmanullah Gurbaz for his warm and kind gesture towards people on pavements in Ahmedabad.

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  Couldn't Even Collect Fistful Of Soil: Afghan's 1st Non-Muslim Woman MP

  Afghanistan's first non-Muslim woman MP Anarkali Kaur Honaryar never thought she would have to leave her country.

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  Shashi Tharoor Defends "Malayali Taliban" Tweet Amid Backlash

  Congress MP Shashi Tharoor's comments on "Malayali Taliban" in a post sharing a video of the group's celebrations in Afghanistan after the takeover of Kabul became controversial on Tuesday as many slammed the tweet.

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  Taliban Capture Another Provincial Capital, Faizabad In Afghan North: Lawmaker

  The Taliban have captured the city of Faizabad in northern Afghanistan, a local MP told AFP on Wednesday, the ninth provincial capital to fall to the insurgents in less than a week.

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  Blast In Kabul Hits Afghan MP's Vehicle, 3 Wounded

  An Afghan MP was among at least three people wounded when a roadside bomb struck his vehicle in Kabul on Wednesday, officials said, in the latest in a series of attacks on lawmakers.

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  Taliban Gunmen Storm Afghan MP's House, Casualties Feared

  Taliban gunmen stormed the residence of an Afghan lawmaker in the capital Kabul on Wednesday, with casualties feared in the ongoing gun battle that follows a recent lull in violence.

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  Suicide Attack Targeting Afghan Lawmakers Kills 3: Officials

  A suicide attacker targeting a prominent Afghan MP killed three people including a child and wounded seven others in Kabul on Sunday, officials said, just days after Washington announced it would slow the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan.

• Taliban 'releases kidnapped Afghan female MP', militants say

  The Taliban claimed on Saturday that an Afghan female MP held hostage by the militant group since August 10 has been freed in exchange for six prisoners who were relatives of their fighters.

• Taliban militants kidnap woman Afghan MP: officials

  Taliban militants have kidnapped a female Afghan member of parliament, officials said today, in the latest example of prominent women being targeted in the country.

• Endgame Afghanistan: living in the fear of the Taliban

  Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai is in India to seek economic cooperation but the focus this time is likely to be on security. The Afghan MPs, Opposition leaders, former intelligence chiefs and police commissioners have told NDTV that they want more than developmental aid from India.

• Afghan minister among 10 killed in suicide attack

  A suicide bomber attacked a funeral in northeastern Afghanistan on Sunday killing at least 10 people including an MP and wounding dozens of others, a provincial governor said.

• Former Afghan MP ends two-week-long hunger strike

  A former Afghan lawmaker on Wednesday ended a more than two-week-long hunger strike over her removal from office following an appeal from one of the country's most revered elders to call off her protest.

• Women Afghan MPs fight, water bottle thrown

  An ugly brawl erupted in parliament between two female Afghan MPs on Tuesday after a row about one of the country's vice-presidents.Ex-army general Nazifa Zaki, dressed in a casual black Afghan dress and head scarf, began arguing with fellow MP Hamida Ahmadzai and then threw a water bottle at her in anger, in footage broadcast by private TV station...