US Raids Afghan Compounds in UN Hostage Search
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US-led troops searching for three UN hostages blasted their way into compounds in Kabul early on Monday and detained 12 people while militants claiming to hold the UN workers warned the government against any tricks.
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Pakistani commandos on Thursday raided a house near the Afghan border where two Chinese engineers were being held hostage, rescuing one and killing all five kidnappers, officials said.
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US and Afghan forces seeking three kidnapped UN workers raided two houses in downtown Kabul on Monday, smashing through walls and doors to detain 10 people and question
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Police detained seven suspects for questioning in the kidnapping of three UN election workers in the Afghan capital, officials said Friday, but investigators appeared no closer to establishing whether Taliban-linked militants or criminals were responsible
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KABUL, Dec 11: The US-led military in Afghanistan has kicked off a new operation to hunt Taliban militants in their winter stronghold and force them to accept an Afghan government reconciliation offer, a US military spokesman said on Saturday.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- US-led troops mounted overnight raids on suspected Al Qaeda compounds in eastern Afghanistan, killing four people and detaining several others, officials said yesterday.
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11 December 2004 -- The US military has begun a new operation in Afghanistan to hunt down Taliban militants in their winter hideouts.
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U.S. and Iraqi soldiers raided Baghdad's Sadr City slum on Wednesday, searching for five kidnapped Britons who Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari said had probably been seized by a Shi'ite Muslim militia.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- NATO troops in Afghanistan have detained a man at Kabul airport who had traces of explosives on his hands, a day after a US security firm was bombed, killing 10 people, including three Americans.
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US forces raided a suspected Taliban hideout in southern Afghanistan yesterday, killing two fighters and capturing at least one more, officials said. The hourlong battle occurred in Dewalak, a village in Zabul Province along the Pakistani border, said Khial Mohammed, the provincial governor. US troops attacked after surrounding the village and coming under fire from the rebels, he said. The ...
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US and Afghan forces looking for hostages today raided houses in the Afghan capital of Kabul, officials and witnesses said. About ten people were detained in the pre-dawn operation by
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KABUL, Afghanistan Oct. 2, 2004 - Afghan intelligence agents backed by international peacekeepers arrested 25 people allegedly linked to the Taliban and al-Qaida in an early morning raid in eastern Kabul Saturday, a spokesman for the peacekeepers said.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- Three UN workers kidnapped in Afghanistan four weeks ago were released unharmed today, a day after a string of raids by US and Afghan security forces.
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KABUL, Afghanistan Officials and witnesses say foreign and Afghan security forces have raided houses in Kabul, smashing their way in and detaining several men.
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KABUL, 16 November 2004 - Afghan captors holding three UN workers hostage in Afghanistan extended a deadline yesterday for their demands to be met, blaming the US for disrupting negotiations aimed at securing the captivesâ release.
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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan  - Afghan forces searched on Sunday for a U.S. aid worker kidnapped by gunmen from the southern city of Kandahar.
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U.S.-led troops searching for three U.N. hostages blasted their way into compounds in Kabul early on Monday and detained 12 people while militants claiming to hold the U.N. workers warned the government against any tricks.