Afghanistan opens bids for gold, copper deposits to generate revenue for war-torn nation

KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghanistan opened bids Tuesday on billions of dollars worth of copper and gold deposits in four areas of the country that together are roughly half the size of the Grand Canyon. Despite ongoing violence, Afghanistan has high hopes that its budding mining industry will generate billions in revenue to help rebuild the nation after 30 years of war...Read More...

Why have Afghanistan's Shias been targeted now?

The deadly and unprecedented attacks on a packed shrine in a historic district of Kabul has put the spotlight on Afghanistan's Shia minority. Unlike their brethren in Pakistan, Afghanistan's Shias have largely escaped the wrath of the Sunni militant groups that operate in both countries...Read More..

The Wall Street Journal; Blasts Kill Dozens in Afghanistan

KABUL—Twin blasts in Kabul and the northern city of Mazar-e-Sharif targeted Afghanistan's minority Shiite community on Tuesday, killing nearly 60 people in one of the war's deadliest attacks and infusing the 10-year-old conflict with a new danger of sectarian strife....Read More...

BBC; Shia Muslims 'killed in Pakistan by pro-Taliban groups'

Security is tight in Pakistan ahead of the Day of Ashura, which is the climax of a period of remembrance for Hussein, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad. Already this year, hundreds of Shia Muslims have been killed in Pakistan, mostly in the western province of Balochistan...Watch it..

عاشورای افغانستان؛ باید نگران بود

به نظر نمی رسد هیچ گروهی جرات کند بمبگذاریهای روزعاشورا در کابل، مزار و قندهار را بعهده بگیرد، اگر قصد عاملان چنین حملاتی دامن زدن به تنش های مذهبی باشد که به احتمال زیاد چنین است، تا روشن شدن هویت عاملان حمله، رسیدن به چنین هدفی دشوار می شود.
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CNN reports on twin blasts on Ashura; Kabul

CNN video; Kabul Attack