msnbc.com: South & Central Asia http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036029/ns/world_news-south_and_central_asia/ Msnbc.com is a leader in breaking news and original journalism. Copyright 2009 msnbc.com en-us http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/msnbc/SiteManagement/SiteWide/Images/msnbc_logo.gif msnbc.com http://www.msnbc.msn.com/ Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:25:45 GMT News 60 Sex clause cut from Afghan marriage law Afghanistan's government has revised a marriage law that sparked an international outcry over sections that appeared to legalize marital rape, Justice Ministry officials say.<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <a style='font-size: 10px; color: maroon;' href='http://www.pheedcontent.com/hostedMorselClick.php?hfmm=v3:ce4fa5d4097ba833c60fe4db6604af96:hPqjC2LQru2iSfBlFBmN5H45WVsQg3p%2BMgbaw5ptvCoGw85DBNPfs9CpeDpKqDk1LVnB68yah%2FY%2F'><img border='0' title='Email this Article' alt='Email this Article' src='http://images.pheedo.com/images/mm/emailthis.png'/></a> <a style='font-size: 10px; color: maroon;' href='http://www.pheedcontent.com/hostedMorselClick.php?hfmm=v3:02bda5bcccf8f07c48189026d989c053:Tfw1mhzzgddMUKMebrW73Jrtxc97csmtHt0WtChugq0D%2BUkfBEDHs3T%2FGQLAumKnUW3d79mBYW0B3Q%3D%3D'><img border='0' title='Add to Newsvine' alt='Add to Newsvine' src='http://images.pheedo.com/images/mm/newsvine.png'/></a> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=c13cbf63e5e97f3dc95ffe04598e4f53&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=c13cbf63e5e97f3dc95ffe04598e4f53&p=1"/></a> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31832571/ns/world_news-south_and_central_asia/ Thu, 9 Jul 2009 18:15:34 GMT News http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31832571/ns/world_news-south_and_central_asia/ 2 million Pakistanis to return home soon Pakistanis line up for food as others take supplies from the United Nations World Food Program in Mardan, about 80 miles northwest of Pakistan's capital Islamabad, Wednesday, July 8.Pakistan will allow some 2 million people who fled an army offensive against the Taliban in Swat Valley to return home next week, the prime minister says.




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]]> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31832546/ns/world_news-south_and_central_asia/ AP Pakistanis line up for food as others take supplies from the United Nations World Food Program in Mardan, about 80 miles northwest of Pakistan's capital Islamabad, Wednesday, July 8.


]]> Thu, 9 Jul 2009 18:24:10 GMT News http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31832546/ns/world_news-south_and_central_asia/ Blasts kill 25 Afghans, 2 NATO troops Men inspect the bodies of victims at the site of an explosion in Afghanistan's Logar province south of Kabul on Thursday. The blast outside a school killed at least 25 people, including 13 children, officials say. A truck filled with explosives that police believe may have been destined for Kabul blew up on a highway Thursday, killing 25 people — more than half of them children walking to school.




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]]> Thu, 9 Jul 2009 17:16:04 GMT News http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31821537/ns/world_news-south_and_central_asia/ Karzai pardons five heroin traffickers July 9: Journalist and author Gretchen Peters talks about her new book, "Seeds of Terror," and how the Afghan heroin trade is directly financing the Taliban. (Other)Afghan president has pardoned five heroin smugglers, at least one of them a relative of a man who heads Karzai's campaign for re-election next month, sources said.




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]]> Thu, 9 Jul 2009 16:47:55 GMT News http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31829941/ns/world_news-south_and_central_asia/ Newsweek: The problem with Pakistan drone attacks Pakistan's former deputy representative at the United Nations, S. Azmat Hassan, talks about the new strategy to battle the Taliban in South Waziristan, drones, soft power, and India.<br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <a style='font-size: 10px; color: maroon;' href='http://www.pheedcontent.com/hostedMorselClick.php?hfmm=v3:70c52cce4463aaca0f48419d6a42b1aa:rEGvN1rnyKwqI0RTDu3FtHmx%2Fu4FqmJ7et%2BxTEd5rdcK9Ons77okE4emlkzgJhvbiTpQeFr9b80M'><img border='0' title='Email this Article' alt='Email this Article' src='http://images.pheedo.com/images/mm/emailthis.png'/></a> <a style='font-size: 10px; color: maroon;' href='http://www.pheedcontent.com/hostedMorselClick.php?hfmm=v3:6029a443df20f2cc56eb9dd93158062d:w%2FWM0%2FdQxJPOENEOASS1SeDhYar2irtgMW7Y9FRSdvCz7tjamTCJeidoU6tchyCib4aNyXJs8D9qFA%3D%3D'><img border='0' title='Add to Newsvine' alt='Add to Newsvine' src='http://images.pheedo.com/images/mm/newsvine.png'/></a> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/> <a href="http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=f25a4af4c82b4b01ccc5dea41bd95ca2&p=1"><img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=f25a4af4c82b4b01ccc5dea41bd95ca2&p=1"/></a> http://www.newsweek.com/id/205725 Wed, 8 Jul 2009 22:31:01 GMT News http://www.newsweek.com/id/205725