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# Afghanistan

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The little kid with the plastic Messi jersey has finally gotten the real thing
Five men detained after jumping out of trailer at Dublin Port
Fury as woman's nose is sliced off by her husband
Teenager killed by celebratory bullets fired after cricket victory
Taliban suicide car bomber hits Afghan restaurant popular with foreigners
This chart shows the cost of fighting Islamic State compared to wars in Iraq and Afghanistan
Families used as 'human shields' during fatal Taliban airport siege
Court was right to not recognise marriage of 14-year-old girl
Man held at Guantánamo Bay for 13 years in case of mistaken identity
Former US drone operators: 'The innocent civilians we killed only fuelled the terrorism of ISIS'
Concerned about immorality, some men are going out of their way to stop female drivers
Charity review finds US attack on MSF hospital "conducted with a purpose to kill and destroy”
Disturbing video shows young woman being stoned to death
There is no room to bury people shipwrecked off Greece as crossing numbers continue to rise
Over 300 confirmed dead in south Asian quake as rescue effort expands
Kian Egan 'not surprised' Westlife song used as part of CIA torture methods
After patients burn to death in hospital bombing, charity refuses to take US money
The US is struggling to explain how it bombed an MSF hospital and killed 22 people
Obama promises investigation into US hospital airstrike that saw "patients burn to death in their beds"
As many as 20 people killed in alleged US airstrike, including MSF workers
American soldiers 'told to ignore' sexual abuse of boys by Afghan allies
The many different routes that migrants are taking to reach western Europe...
"Exceptionally busy": Irish holidaymakers are still packing out flights to Kos
Suicide bomber dressed in police uniform detonated himself outside police academy
A country full of AK-47s is banning toy guns
For the last two years, the Taliban have hidden that their supreme leader is dead
Afghan man found at side of Irish motorway with no knowledge of what country he was in
At least 20 dead after gunfight at wedding party
Mystery, super poppy seeds could double how much opium the Taliban can sell
Obama 'profoundly regrets' drone strike that killed US and Italian hostages
Victims lying in pools of blood after deadly Islamic State suicide attack
The Irish are among the most free people in the world
Bullet-ridden bodies of kidnapped aid workers found in Afghanistan
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Woman thrown from building and set on fire for burning Qur’an 'was innocent'
Afghan woman beaten to death and set on fire for allegedly burning Koran
Ireland hit stumbling block as they lose to Afghanistan for first time in five years
Women and children among 28 dead as rocket hits wedding party
The Afghanistan war is officially over after 13 years - but nobody has told the insurgents
BBC reporter gets incredibly high on burning drugs, giggles uncontrollably