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12/21/13 WNA: 6 rebels join government in Nangarhar Six earlier anti-government activists led by Bahadurkhan joined the government initiative peace process helping the number of the reintegrated individuals reach to 236 in eastern province of Nangarhar, an official said Saturday.

12/21/13 WNA: One insurgent killed, 3 detained in Nangarhar At least one insurgent was killed and three others wounded in eastern province of Nangarhar, where the alliance praises Afghan special forces’ activities. Afghan forces launched a clearance operation in Khogyani district of the province, where one rebels was killed and three others wounded, said the alliance in a statement.

12/21/13 amnestyusa: U.S. Congress Takes Another Critical Step to Help Afghan Women’s Rights and Security The situation is unfortunately not unfamiliar yet it deteriorates with each passing day: Afghan women working to protect and advance their rights continue to face growing threats to their lives and safety.

12/21/13 BNA: Kandahar Police Discovered And Seized Thousand Kg of Drugs Kandahar police forces succeeded to discover and seize thousand Kg of drugs within a week. The drugs discovered while the security personnel checking the vehicles passing the high way.

12/21/13 mcclatchy: Obama willing to extend deadline on US-Afghanistan security deal President Barack Obama is prepared to extend a Dec. 31 deadline in a concession to Afghan President Hamid Karzai aimed at getting him to approve a security agreement that would permit U.S. forces to stay in Afghanistan past 2014, aides say. The White House has warned for months that all U.S. forces will be withdrawn unless a deal is reached, and top advisers to Obama are increasingly comfortable with that prospect. At least two senior officials say the so-called zero option is strategically viable and politically acceptable, although it still isn't the preferred outcome.

12/20/13 Reuters: Afghan policewoman, pregnant teacher hanged An Afghan policewoman and a pregnant teacher were hanged and their bodies dumped within a few kilometres of a foreign military base recently handed over to Afghan control, officials said yesterday. The two women, policewoman and mother of two Feroza and teacher Malalai - like many in Afghanistan the pair use only one name - were kidnapped on Monday in the conservative southern province of Uruzgan, said Abdullah Hemat, a spokesman for the provincial governor.

12/20/13 thelocal: Sweden grants asylum to Afghan interpreters "We are pleased that the cooperation with the Armed Forces mean that the first of the interpreters and their families now find themselves in safety and security on Swedish soil," Migration Board (Migrationsverket) head of operations Mikael Ribbenvik said in an official statement. Sveriges Radio reported on Friday that neither the Armed Forces (Försvarsmakten) nor the Migration Board would go into details about how many of the locally employed staff had been given the right to stay in Sweden for humanitarian reasons.

12/20/13 pressgazette: Two Royal Marine Commandos acquitted of murdering Afghan insurgent named Two Marines cleared of murdering an Afghan insurgent in September 2011 have been named by the High Court following an application by media organisations. Corporal Christopher Glyn Watson and Marine Jack Alexander Hammond known previously as Marine A and Marine B were acquitted by a Court Martial in November.

12/20/13 WaPo: With U.S. pullout, military burden shifts to Afghan army Across Afghanistan, a once massive network of U.S. military installations has been largely dismantled, shifting the burden of America’s longest war to Afghan troops who are anxiously awaiting the resolution of a dispute between their president and Washington.

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