http://www.news24.com/Tags/Places/afghanistan Argotic Syndication Framework, http://www.codeplex.com/argotic http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Fri, 24 May 2013 20:50:53 +0200 Unknown gunmen dragged the father of Afghanistan's cricket captain from his car on the outskirts of Jalalabad city and have taken him hostage, officials say. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Afghan-cricket-captains-father-kidnapped-20130522 Afghan President Hamid Karzai says he is "exhausted" and wants to retire from politics at the end of his current term. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Exhausted-Karzai-to-retire-in-2012-20130522 Pakistan has taken a number of steps to prevent fertilisers made within its borders for agriculture from being used as explosives in roadside bombs that target American troops in Afghanistan. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Pakistan-curbing-explosive-fertilisers-20130520 Afghan President Hamid Karzai has condemned a suicide attack in Kabul where a bomber dressed in a police uniform killed 14 people including a prominent provincial council chief. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Karzai-condemns-Kabul-suicide-blast-20130520 An Afghan legislator says conservative lawmakers have blocked a law that aims to protect women's freedoms, saying parts of it violate Islamic principles. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Hard-line-MPs-block-law-protecting-women-20130518 A suicide bomber has rammed his car into a Nato convoy in the Afghan capital, killing at least 12 people, including two coalition troops, four civilian contractors and two children, officials say. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Kabul-suicide-car-bomb-kills-12-20130516 An expert in Afghan culture has testified that pornography found on the computer of a US Army general then deployed to the Muslim country would be highly offensive to local residents. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Accused-US-general-had-porn-on-laptop-20130516 Taliban insurgents have released the final four Turkish engineers held hostage since their helicopter crashed in eastern Afghanistan last month. http://www.news24.com/World/News/4-Turkish-hostages-freed-in-Afghanistan-20130514 A roadside bomb has hit a bus in southern Afghanistan killing 10 civilians, mostly women and children, officials say. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Roadside-bomb-kills-10-on-Afghan-bus-20130513 The Afghan Taliban will soon release the remaining four of eight Turkish civilians the group captured last month in a gesture of goodwill towards fellow Muslims, the militants say. http://www.news24.com/World/News/Afghan-Taliban-to-release-Turkish-hostages-20130513-3