Habibullah Khan led an uprising last year against the Taliban's shadow government in his district.
Imran Khan left a hospital more than two weeks after he suffered serious back injuries in a fall from a forklift at a campaign event.
Custody battles between parents of broken international marriages have become a growing problem in recent years.
200-plus male students demanded repeal of 'un-Islamic' law.
The Chinese artist's new obscenity-filled, metaphor-rich music video is meant to reconstruct his 81-day detention in 2011.
Assaults came during a crucial season of fighting that is testing the abilities of Afghan security force.
The dramatic spike is raising concerns that gains in women's rights might be reversed with the withdrawal of most international troops next year.
A committee will recommend that nine people detained in connection with the garment factory disaster be sentenced to life in prison.
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Sectarian violence has been primarily directed against minority Muslims.