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Authorities in the northern Afghan province of Sar-e Pol have launched a probe into a case involving an 11-year-old girl who was married off to an eight-year-old boy.
Human Rights Watch has called on Afghan President Hamid Karzai to take urgent action to fight child marriage and domestic violence.
Javed Faisal, a spokesman for the provincial government, said at least six people were killed in the attack on August 31.
Officials in Afghanistan's northern province of Konduz say a district governor has been killed in a suicide bombing attack.
A newly-established alliance of 13 opposition parties in Afghanistan said it will select a single candidate for the 2014 presidential election.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has asked Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to help arrange peace talks between officials in Kabul and Taliban militants.
Activists in Afghanistan's western province of Herat have protested against what they see as the Iranian interference in the region.
The husband of a female Afghan lawmaker is refuting reports that she has been abducted by insurgents.
Local authorities say a female member of the Afghan parliament has been abducted by suspected insurgents in Afghanistan's southern province of Ghazni.
Afghanistan's Defense Ministry says more than 200 militants have been killed or captured as a result of a two-week military operation launched by Afghan security forces in the east of the country.
Afghan officials say 14 members of the same family have been killed in a bomb explosion at a cemetery in eastern Afghanistan.
Taliban representatives reportedly have held secret talks with representatives of President Hamid Karzai to try to restart a stalled peace initiative.
A bomb attack has hit a busy livestock market in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, killing at least four civilians.
Afghan officials say rescue operations are under way in Kabul and several eastern provinces, where heavy floods have killed dozens of people.
A powerful blast has wounded 16 people in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad.
The dream of a northeastern Afghan province to become a regional trade hub has taken a knock after officials confirmed that Konduz -- for now -- will be bypassed by a much-anticipated railroad linking northern Afghanistan to neighboring Central Asian countries.
Afghan police say they have arrested a village mullah after a woman was publicly executed in accordance to a fatwa issued by the religious authority in northwestern Badghis Province.
The owner of an Afghan radio network dedicated solely to women says one of its regional stations has been shut down after he refused to pay bribes to officials.
Kevin Rudd arrived on July 27 accompanied by Defense Ministry officials, his national security adviser, and the Australian ambassador to Kabul.
A suicide bomber riding on a donkey has reportedly killed three NATO soldiers and their Afghan interpreter.
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