| Afghanistan by the numbers: inside the fight over facts Posted: 02 Feb 2018 02:09 PM PST ![Afghanistan by the numbers: inside the fight over facts]( "Afghanistan by the numbers: inside the fight over facts") By the most obvious metrics, the conflict in Afghanistan has seen a spike in violence during the past two weeks, already half a year after President Trump declared his "fight and win" strategy for America's longest war. In Kabul, Taliban insurgents laced an ambulance with explosives, killing more than 100 people at the gate of the Interior Ministry complex on Jan. 27. Taliban gunmen also besieged the Intercontinental hotel, killing more than 20 on Jan. 20.
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| After mass rape, turning disgrace into grace Posted: 02 Feb 2018 10:50 AM PST ![After mass rape, turning disgrace into grace]( "After mass rape, turning disgrace into grace") The United Nations calls it "the most urgent refugee emergency in the world." Since August, nearly 700,000 Muslims known as Rohingya have fled violence against them in Myanmar, a largely Buddhist nation. The sprawling camps of refugees in Bangladesh are indeed a catastrophe. The services, provided in shelters only for female refugees, assist survivors of rape and other sexual assault to overcome any shame, social stigma, or shunning.
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| Why Israeli plan to deport Africans is facing growing Jewish opposition Posted: 02 Feb 2018 07:58 AM PST ![Why Israeli plan to deport Africans is facing growing Jewish opposition]( "Why Israeli plan to deport Africans is facing growing Jewish opposition") When Jean Marc Liling immigrated to Israel from France, he was a young man shaped by the knowledge that his Swiss parents were hidden as children during the Holocaust. Mr. Liling is among a growing number of activists here opposing the plan, which would present the country's population of some 38,000 African asylum-seekers with the stark choice: deportation or prison. Recommended: How much do you know about Israel?
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