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In Afghanistan, New Misgivings About an Old but Risky Practice: Marriage Between First Cousins Tied to High Rate of Congenital Disorders (Post, April 17, 2005)

General Predicts Taliban's Demise (Post, April 17, 2005)

Karzai Seeks Extended U.S. Security Deal: Rumsfeld, on Visit, Sidesteps Question Of Permanent Bases (Post, April 14, 2005)

Afghan Women Prepare to Take Wheel: New Drivers Still Face Cultural Roadblocks (Post, April 11, 2005)

U.S. Copter Crash Kills 16 In Afghanistan (Post, April 7, 2005)

Afghans Get No Guarantees on Reconstruction Budget: U.S., British Officials Say They're Open to Request for More Authority Over International Funds (Post, April 7, 2005)

Persian New Year Celebrations Unite Afghans: Animosities Forgotten During Nowruz Holiday (Post, April 4, 2005)

Kyrgyz President To Resign: Interim Leaders, Akayev Set Deal (Post, April 4, 2005)

Taliban Suspected in New Attacks: 3 Truckers Ferrying Vehicles to U.S. in Afghanistan Among Dead (Post, April 3, 2005)

Change May Elude Kyrgyzstan: Entrenched Interests Could Blunt Effects of President's Ouster (Post, April 3, 2005)

First Lady Applauds Afghans: On Brief Visit, Bush Focuses on Women (Post, March 31, 2005)

Kyrgyz President Appears In Russia, Talks of Quitting (Post, March 30, 2005)

U.S. Says Rights Are Key to Relations: Report Is Critical of Allies but Omits Mention of U.S. Abuses (Post, March 29, 2005)

Kyrgyzstan Forms Makeshift Government: New Parliament Wins Support, Then Endorses Interim President in Series of Compromises (Post, March 29, 2005)

Kyrgyz Rivals Vie for Legitimacy: President's Sudden Ouster Exposes Rifts Among Opposition (Post, March 28, 2005)

Revolution, in a Couple of Hours: In Kyrgyzstan, Plans for Patient Organizing Dissolved as Protesters Unexpectedly Took Control (Post, March 27, 2005)

4 U.S. Troops Killed by Mine In Afghanistan (Post, March 27, 2005)

New Leadership Is Established In Kyrgyzstan: U.S., Russia Appear to Accept Shift (Post, March 26, 2005)

Detainees Abused in N. Iraq, Army Papers Suggest (Post, March 26, 2005)

Protests Topple Kyrgyzstan's Government: Revolt Is Third in Former Soviet Republics in 16 Months (Post, March 25, 2005)

New State Dept. Office Aimed at Postwar Aid: Agency Would Lay Groundwork for Rebuilding Nations (Post, March 25, 2005)

Police Quell Protest in Kyrgyzstan's Capital: New Interior Minister Threatens Use of Armed Force to Crush Opposition (Post, March 24, 2005)

Detainee Helped Bin Laden Flee, Document Says (Post, March 23, 2005)

Kyrgyz Leader Hints at Plot by West: President Says Revolt Led by Same Forces as in Ukraine, Georgia (Post, March 23, 2005)

Kyrgyz Protesters Seize Sites in South: Growing Anti-Government Unrest Follows Charges of Recent Electoral Fraud (Post, March 22, 2005)

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