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The Killing Of A Promising Young Afghan Scholar

Afghanistan is mourning the murder of a promising young Afghan legal scholar who resisted joining the brain drain to the West and instead chose to educate his countrymen at Kabul’s American University, where he was killed in a militant attack.

Survivors Of Attack At American University Of Afghanistan Recall Terror

Here are the accounts of four survivors of the 10-hour assault by gunmen on the American University of Afghanistan in Kabul. At least 13 people were killed in the attack. Survivors describe barricading themselves behind classroom doors, clinging to the floor as shots rang out meters away, and suffering injuries as they and others scrambled to reach safety.

What Is The American University of Afghanistan?

The institution where gunmen killed students, a teacher, and security guards is Afghanistan’s leading private sector seat of higher education.

Iranians Question Organ Transplant Ban After Afghan Girl's Death

The death of a 12-year-old Afghan girl in Iran has prompted that country's health minister to publicly defend a national ban on organ transplants for foreigners that some were initially blaming for the tragedy.

At Least 13 Killed In Attack On American University In Kabul

Afghan security forces on August 25 killed at least two gunmen who attacked the American University in Kabul, ending a 10-hour assault on the compound that left at least 13 people dead.

Returning Afghans Find Homeland Equally Forbidding

Many Afghans who recently left Pakistan because of police brutality and government pressure are now discovering their war-torn homeland is not welcoming, either.

Iranian Journalists Alarmed As Media Legislation Resurfaces

Journalists in Iran are sounding the alarm over a government-drafted media regulation bill that is expected to be sent to the parliament for approval soon, after a two-year delay.

Afghan Forces Fending Off Taliban Threats To Provincial Capital Near Central Asia

Afghan forces are trying to reverse recent Taliban gains in Afghanistan’s northeastern Kunduz Province, which borders Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.

Lawyers’ Massacre Jams Judiciary In Restive Pakistani Province

The killing of a generation of lawyers in Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan Province in a suicide attack has paused the wheels of justice in the vast region reeling from separatist and Islamist violence and a harsh military crackdown.

Rio Olympics: The Great, The Not-So Good, And The Ugly

Migrant Workers Remain in Saudi Camps Without Pay, Services

Thousands of laid-off foreign workers are refusing to leave labor camps after being denied wages for months amid poor conditions as the Saudi government defends its offer of free flights home.