The Afghan government won’t allow any law that would force women to have sex with their husbands or prevent them from leaving their homes, Afghanistan’s ambassador to Washington said yesterday. “Definitely not,” Ambassador Said Jawad said in an interview on Bloomberg Television’s “Political Capital with Al Hunt” airing this weekend. …

Afghanistan  – Taliban insurgents attacked a police post in southern Afghanistan’s Helmand province Friday, killing six policemen and wounding another seven, the provincial government said.mi The attack occurred in the Nawa district, just outside the provincial capital of Lashkar Gah, provincial government spokesman Daud Ahmadi said. “This morning (the) Taliban …

The prime minister of Moldova said on Thursday that authorities in the former Soviet republic were prepared to use all means including weapons, if new opposition protests turn violent. Zinaida Greceanii, in a television address to the nation, said the opposition was planning to stage new rallies on Friday and …