Word: afghanization
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...police would beat women who were seen on the street without a male relative - an impossible demand to meet for the millions of women widowed by the civil war - and would thrash men who did not pray five times a day or keep their beard at the proper length. Afghan officials have said the new department - which was approved by the cabinet last month and is pending approval by parliament - would be a kinder, softer version of its Taliban predecessor and would not enforce such harsh penalties for moral transgressions. Instead, the organization would mirror those in other Islamic countries...
...billion Expected profit from this year's Afghan opium crop, the largest yield in history
...Kabul had been patrolled successfully by thousands of NATO peacekeepers until riots five weeks ago, which shone a spotlight on the limitations of the fledgling Afghan security forces. The riots, which killed at least a dozen, were sparked by the crash of an American convoy into a crowd of civilians. "The speed with which the government lost control of the city and rampaging demonstrators were able to take over the streets signalled to the Taliban and others that Kabul's defenses were weak. Now they are taking advantage," said a Western security analyst...
...crude rockets fell weekly around the Kabul. But until May, the capital had been relatively insulated from the chaos in the south, which has left hundreds dead in recent weeks. This week may mark a turning point. Two blasts tore through buses in the morning rush hour, one carrying Afghan soldiers and another filled with government officials on their way to work - a day after two similar blasts near government ministries. There hadn't been a major bombing in Kabul since March. when a suicide bomber tried and failed to kill a top Afghan official leading peace talks with Talibs...
...People in Kabul were shaken by the string of explosions, and the streets were visibly quiet as groups of police and Afghan soldiers searched vehicles at major intersections. "Everybody is scared," said first lieutenant Ahmad Shah, a traffic policeman in Khair Khana who witnessed one of the bombs. "There is fear in the city today and you do not see many cars. It is because of these explosions, which show the weakness of the government...