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7 Killed In Attack On Clerics In Afghanistan's Herat
At least seven people were killed Friday when unidentified gunmen opened fire on a rickshaw carrying two Shiite clerics in western Afghanistan, an official and residents said.
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18 Killed, Including Top Cleric, After Huge Blast At Mosque In Afghanistan
A huge bomb blast at one of the biggest mosques in western Afghanistan today killed its influential imam, who called earlier this year for those who commit "the smallest act" against the government to be beheaded.
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Taliban Supreme Leader Who Is Rarely Seen Attends Afghan Clerics' Meeting
The Taliban's reclusive supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada showed up Friday at a major gathering of clerics in the Afghan capital called to rubber-stamp the hardline Islamist group's rule over the country.
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Motorcycle Suicide Bomber Kills At Least 8 In Afghanistan Clerics' Gathering
A motorcycle suicide bomber killed at least eight people near a gathering of Muslim clerics in the Afghan capital after they had issued a fatwa against suicide bombings, officials said, in the latest in a series of attacks to hit Kabul.
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Cleric, 60, Marries 6-Year-Old Girl In Afghanistan; Arrested
A 60-year-old cleric has been arrested for allegedly marrying a six-year-old girl in Afghanistan's Ghor province, police said.
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Afghan Clerics Protest Nomination of First Woman to Supreme Court
Members of an influential Islamic panel in Afghanistan have protested against President Ashraf Ghani's nomination of a woman to the Supreme Court, a milestone appointment in a country where the Taliban once banned women from most areas of public life.
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Gunmen Kill 7 in Attack on Muslim Council in Southern Afghan: Police
Gunmen opened fire on a gathering of Afghan Muslim clerics in the southern province of Helmand, killing seven people, police said on Wednesday.
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Taliban-style edict for women spreads alarm in Afghan district
One of Afghan President Hamid Karzai's main religious advisers will not overturn a decree issued by clerics in the north reimposing Taliban-style curbs on women, in another sign of returning conservatism as NATO forces leave the country.
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Afghan cleric charged with raping 10-year-old schoolgirl
An Afghan cleric has been arrested after allegedly raping a young schoolgirl in the country's north on the second day of the Ramadan, the holiest month in Islam, Afghan security officials said on Monday.
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7 Killed In Attack On Clerics In Afghanistan's Herat
At least seven people were killed Friday when unidentified gunmen opened fire on a rickshaw carrying two Shiite clerics in western Afghanistan, an official and residents said.
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18 Killed, Including Top Cleric, After Huge Blast At Mosque In Afghanistan
A huge bomb blast at one of the biggest mosques in western Afghanistan today killed its influential imam, who called earlier this year for those who commit "the smallest act" against the government to be beheaded.
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Taliban Supreme Leader Who Is Rarely Seen Attends Afghan Clerics' Meeting
The Taliban's reclusive supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada showed up Friday at a major gathering of clerics in the Afghan capital called to rubber-stamp the hardline Islamist group's rule over the country.
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Motorcycle Suicide Bomber Kills At Least 8 In Afghanistan Clerics' Gathering
A motorcycle suicide bomber killed at least eight people near a gathering of Muslim clerics in the Afghan capital after they had issued a fatwa against suicide bombings, officials said, in the latest in a series of attacks to hit Kabul.
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Cleric, 60, Marries 6-Year-Old Girl In Afghanistan; Arrested
A 60-year-old cleric has been arrested for allegedly marrying a six-year-old girl in Afghanistan's Ghor province, police said.
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Afghan Clerics Protest Nomination of First Woman to Supreme Court
Members of an influential Islamic panel in Afghanistan have protested against President Ashraf Ghani's nomination of a woman to the Supreme Court, a milestone appointment in a country where the Taliban once banned women from most areas of public life.
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Gunmen Kill 7 in Attack on Muslim Council in Southern Afghan: Police
Gunmen opened fire on a gathering of Afghan Muslim clerics in the southern province of Helmand, killing seven people, police said on Wednesday.
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Taliban-style edict for women spreads alarm in Afghan district
One of Afghan President Hamid Karzai's main religious advisers will not overturn a decree issued by clerics in the north reimposing Taliban-style curbs on women, in another sign of returning conservatism as NATO forces leave the country.
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Afghan cleric charged with raping 10-year-old schoolgirl
An Afghan cleric has been arrested after allegedly raping a young schoolgirl in the country's north on the second day of the Ramadan, the holiest month in Islam, Afghan security officials said on Monday.
