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The Department of Defense says a vehicle borne suicide bomber detonated himself in Khowst province eastern Afghanistan. In the process he killed 16, including 14 children, and wounded 58 others. (Dec. 28)
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Having previously been banned from even going to school, women in Afghanistan are enjoying greater freedoms since the fall of the Taliban.
In Nimruz province in particular, women are free to drive and there are even female police officers.
Zeina Khodr reports on the women of Nimruz province.
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In Afghanistan, thousands of people desperately seeking work are turning to neighbouring Iran.
Unable to get the right paperwork, they're fuelling an illegal human smuggling network, which sees hundreds risk their lives to cross the desert every day.
The first international journalist to visit the area in a decade, Al Jazeera's Zeina Khodr reports now from Nimruz.