Paktika

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  Heartbreak, Shock At Afghanistan Quake Hospital

  Bibi Hawa's face is distorted by tears as she tries to grasp her predicament from a hospital bed in Sharan, capital of Afghanistan's Paktika province.

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  Taliban Fighters Release 6 Journalists in Afghanistan's Paktika Province

  The Taliban this morning released six Afghan journalists it kidnapped two days ago from a highway in Paktika province, an official said.

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  Most Afghan Women Serve Sentences In Elders' Homes, Not Prisons

  When 18-year-old Fawzia was convicted of elopement and adultery, a local Afghan court in the southeastern province of Paktika sentenced her to jail.

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  Afghanistan Mounts Offensive To Retake Kunduz City From Taliban

  Afghan troops backed by US air support launched a counter-offensive Tuesday to retake Kunduz, a day after Taliban insurgents overran the strategic northern city in their biggest victory since being ousted from power in 2001.

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  Terrorist Attack During Cricket Match in Afghanistan, Nine Dead And Above 50 Wounded

  The suicide car bombing happened in southeastern Paktika province, on the border with Pakistan, on Sunday.

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  'At Least 9 Dead' in Attack at Afghan Volleyball Match

  At least nine civilians were killed and 33 wounded in a bomb attack Sunday at a volleyball match in Afghanistan's Paktika province, a volatile region bordering Pakistan, officials said.

• Two US Soldiers Killed in Kabul Bombing: Officials

  Two US Army soldiers were killed on Monday when their vehicle was struck by a homemade bomb in the Afghan capital Kabul, defense officials said.

• Injured Flown to Hospital After Afghan Suicide Attack Kills 50

  Scores of people wounded in a horrific suicide attack at a volleyball game in eastern Afghanistan were flown to hospital in Kabul, officials said on Monday, as families mourned 50 killed in the blast.

• Taliban Attack Kabul Airport as Afghan Poll Audit Starts

  Explosions and gunfire rang out after the Taliban attacked Kabul airport in the militants' latest attempt to steal initiative with the country in the grip of a presidential power struggle.

• Explosions and Gunfire at Kabul Airport

  A militant attack was underway at Kabul airport on Thursday as explosions and gunfire rang out, according to an AFP photographer.

• Death Toll in Afghanistan Car Bomb Attack Rises to 89: Defence Ministry

  The death toll form a car bomb attack in Afghanistan's eastern Paktika province on Tuesday rose to 89, a defence ministry spokesman said.

• Taliban claims responsibility for killing Indian author Sushmita Banerjee

  In a new twist, a renegade Taliban militia, the Suicide Group of the Islamic Movement of Afghanistan, has taken responsibility for killing Indian author Sushmita Banerjee, claiming she was an "Indian spy".

• Sushmita Banerjee's murder was plotted in Pakistan, say sources

  Three militants from Pakistani Taliban were involved in the killing of Indian author Sushmita Banerjee in Afghanistan's Paktika province last week, the interrogation of the people arrested in the case has revealed.

• Sushmita Banerjee murder case: Four more detained in Afghanistan

  Four more persons were detained today on suspicion of involvement in the murder of Indian writer Sushmita Banerjee, sources said.

• Murdered author Sushmita Banerjee was planning to return to India, says friend

  In a fresh twist, a friend of murdered author Sushmita Banerjee today claimed the latter was under mental trauma over marital problems and planned to return to India on September 6, but was killed a day before. Ms Banerjee's family said there were "loopholes" in the claims.