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IRIN Asia | Asia | Afghanistan | AFGHANISTAN: Rohullah, Afghanis
Rohullah, 13, was trained to become a suicide bomber KHOST, 20 October 2008 (IRIN) - Rohullah, 13, ran away from home in Gardez city in southeastern Afghanistan to Miramshah in neighbouring Pakistan. Unwittingly he was drawn into a suicide-bombers’ cell, and trained to use explosive vests to kill Afghan and US forces. Arrested soon after re-entering Afghanistan, he is now in prison in Khost Province. From his cell Rohullah told IRIN his story:Women without Borders will bring together 35 women from across the globe to meet in Vienna at the end of November to launch SAVE- Sisters Against Violent Extremism .
Frauen-Ohne-Grenzen.org | Women-Without-Borders - News
Chat between drunk men sparked terror warning
Dubai: A personal conversation between two drunk men in a hotel bar led the British Embassy in Abu Dhabi to issue the recent terror attack warning, Gulf News has learnt. The embassy on June 14 posted a warning on its website against a terror attack in the UAE. A diplomatic source said the warning was issued based on a personal conversation between the two Arab men in the Hemingway bar in the Hiltonia Hotel in Abu Dhabi. The bar is frequented by hundreds of Britons and Americans.
Expatriates make up a majority of the population of the oil-rich state, which consists of seven individual emirates, including the main ones Dubai and Abu Dhabi. It is also a major tourist destination. "High" is the most serious of four terrorism risk levels which the Foreign Office uses in its warnings, the others being "general", "underlying" and "low".
BBC NEWS | Middle East | UK says UAE terror risk is 'high&#
BBC NEWS | South Asia | Two die in Nepal mosque bombing
Violence grounded in religion is rare, but some Hindu nationalists have threatened that it will increase because, they say, there is widespread resentment over Nepal being declared a secular state.
