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Two Suicide Bombers Strike On First Day Of Hagel's Visit

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Channel: Wrath0fKhan · 2013 · People & Blogs

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Two separate explosions have claimed lives in Kabul and Khost. CNN's George Howell has the latest details.

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Karzai-Hagel press event off due to security fears: US (globalpost, March 10, 2013)
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/afp/130310/karzai-hagel-press-event-due-security-fears-us
"Afghan President Hamid Karzai Sunday cancelled a high-profile press conference in Kabul with new US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, with US officials saying the event was dropped for "security concerns". A palace official, who declined to be named, said however that the press conference had been cancelled because of "scheduling pressure", without giving further details..."

Afghan leader Hamid Karzai says US, Taliban are colluding (scmp, March 10, 2013)
http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1187651/afghan-leader-hamid-karzai-says-us-taliban-are-colluding
"Afghan President Karzai on Sunday accused the Taliban and the US of working in concert to convince Afghans that violence will worsen if most foreign troops leave as planned by the end of next year. Karzai said 2 suicide bombings that killed 19 people on Saturday ... show the insurgent group is conducting attacks to help show that international forces will still be needed to keep the peace after their current..."

Afghan police officer embraces suicide bomber to save others
http://edition.cnn.com/2013/03/09/world/asia/afghanistan-police-self-sacrifice/index.html
"A policeman sacrificed his life for the sake of others, embracing a suicide bomber in southeast Afghanistan on Saturday morning to dull the blast as it detonated, eyewitnesses said. The bomb killed the officer, Murad Khan, and eight minors between the ages of 7 and 17. It wounded two more people, said police spokesman Haji Yaqoob of Khost province. The bomber attempted to enter a village where coalition forces were conducting training exercises with Afghan police, but officers at a checkpoint recognized his explosive vest and stopped him, police said..."

Blast rocks Kabul near Hagel's briefing, killing 9 
http://edition.cnn.com/2013/03/08/world/asia/afghanistan-hagel-blast/index.html
"An explosion rocked Kabul on Saturday, hours after the newly appointed U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel landed in the Afghan capital. At least nine people were killed and 14 others injured, police said. A suicide bomber apparently targeted the Afghan ministry of defense, said Charlie Stadtlander, ISAF spokesman. Hagel was not injured, and is in a safe International Security Assistance Force location, according to the U.S. military. He was in a briefing at the time and "continued as planned without interruption," Pentagon spokesman George Little said..."

Kabul debates women's law 'violating Sharia' (DW, March 8, 2013)
http://www.dw.de/kabul-debates-womens-law-violating-sharia/a-16658985
"A draft law that would end violence against women is being debated in the Afghan Parliament. But it is finding little support among MPs, who feel that it violates traditional values ... Opponents of the decree say it contradicts Sharia - the moral code and religious law of Islam. Most of the proponents, however, are among the 68 women in parliament, for whom a quarter of the seats are reserved. They are trying to reconcile..."

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