6 Stories on Mazar-e Sharif
Afghanistan's version of the wildly popular TV talent show has drawn huge ratings -- and shaken Afghan tradition as well
Suicide bombers killed seven people, including a leading provincial official, in two attacks in and near mosques in Afghanistan on Thursday.
A three-judge panel in northern Afghanistan has sentenced a student journalist to death for distributing a paper he printed off the Internet that allegedly blasphemed Islam, according to international media groups.
One Swedish soldier with the NATO-led mission in Afghanistan was killed and three others were wounded, including one critically, in a bomb attack on their vehicle, the Swedish Defense Ministry said Saturday.
Early tabulations from the first-ever democratic presidential election in Afghanistan show U.S.-backed interim President Hamid Karzai ahead of his rivals Friday, election officials said.
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Afghanistan's version of the wildly popular TV talent show has drawn huge ratings -- and shaken Afghan tradition as well
Suicide bombers killed seven people, including a leading provincial official, in two attacks in and near mosques in Afghanistan on Thursday.
A three-judge panel in northern Afghanistan has sentenced a student journalist to death for distributing a paper he printed off the Internet that allegedly blasphemed Islam, according to international media groups.
One Swedish soldier with the NATO-led mission in Afghanistan was killed and three others were wounded, including one critically, in a bomb attack on their vehicle, the Swedish Defense Ministry said Saturday.
Early tabulations from the first-ever democratic presidential election in Afghanistan show U.S.-backed interim President Hamid Karzai ahead of his rivals Friday, election officials said.
Ideas matter. At FORTUNE we love to entertain and tell great stories, but above all we're in the insight business--more so than ever, given a world roiled by war and recession. You'll find plenty t...
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