Humayun
(d. 1556), Mughal ruler. Eldest of four sons, Humayun was the designated successor of Babur, ascending to the throne of the Mughal empire in December 1530 at the age of twenty-three. Humayun i...
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The second Moghul emperor, Humayun (1508-1556) lost and regained his kingdom to continue Moghul rule at the expense of Muslim rule in India.Deficient in diplomacy, resolution, and noblesse oblige, Hum...
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The Afghan government will continue carrying out executions
despite concern expressed by the United Nations over recent mass
execution of 15 prisoners in the country, a presidential spokesman...
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Kabul (dpa) - The Afghan government vowed Tuesday to continue to
carry out executions after the first since 2004 were carried out when
15 inmates were executed by firing squ...
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Kabul (dpa) - The Afghan government denied Thursday reports that
five Taliban prisoners were released to secure the freedom of a
German engineer and his five Afghan colleagu...
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Kabul (dpa) - A suicide bomb attack targeting a visiting group of
parliamentarians in the northern Afghan province of Baghlan on
Tuesday killed at least 30 people including ...
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Kabul (dpa) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy held talks with his
Afghan counterpart in Kabul Saturday, as Australian Prime Minister
Kevin Rudd was expected to arrive for s...
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Kabul (dpa) - The United Nations said Wednesday it was seeking
to clear up the expulsion of two high-ranking diplomats from
Afghanistan, blaming the incident on a "misunders...
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Kabul (dpa) - A former Taliban commander, who helped Afghan and
NATO-led forces retake an insurgent-controlled town, has been
appointed as district chief in the southern reg...
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Millions of dollars' worth of gear, including combat boots, helmets, vests and aircraft parts, is being junked by the Pentagon rather than stored or sold as surplus to suppliers who sometimes sell ...
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President Hamid Karzai's office said Sunday that there is "serious debate" among some Taliban fighters about laying down arms, while a spokesman for the militants said they will "never" negotiate w...
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Japan to suspend refueling mission Nov. 1
TOKYO - Japan is set to suspend the contentious refueling
mission by the Maritime Self-Defense Force in the Indian Ocean for
U.S.-led a...
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Afghan gov't to continue executing prisoners despite U.N. concern
