by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 20, 2013 | World
Sao Paulo, AP—Some of the biggest demonstrations since the end of Brazil’s 1964-85 dictatorship have broken out across this continent-sized country, uniting tens of thousands frustrated by poor transportation, health services, education and security despite a...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 20, 2013 | World
Kabul, AP—A suicide bomber struck outside a provincial council headquarters in northern Afghanistan on Monday, killing the council chief and at least 13 others, authorities said. The Taliban insurgency quickly claimed responsibility. Baghlan provincial council leader...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 21, 2013 | World
Kabul, AP— Insurgents shot six police officers dead at a checkpoint and a suicide bomber killed three civilians at a shopping bazaar in two attacks in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday. The attacks came during a surge in hostilities as Afghanistan’s spring fighting...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 15, 2013 | World
Vienna, Reuters—Afghan farmers attracted by high prices are likely to cultivate more opium this year, lining the pockets of traffickers and Taliban insurgents alike, a UN report said on Monday. Afghanistan supplies about 90% of the world’s opium, from which heroin is...
