Troops hunt Kabul kidnap victims
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Afghan forces and international peacekeepers hunt for three foreign poll workers abducted in Kabul.
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Three foreigners helping to organize  Afghanistan's first presidential election were kidnapped by a  gang of armed men in Kabul on Thursday, triggering a huge  manhunt by Afghan security and international peacekeepers.
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MEKELE, Ethiopia  - A search party scoured a remote northeastern region of Ethiopia on Monday looking for a group of kidnapped Europeans, all linked to the British embassy in Addis Ababa.
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The Philippine government is sending a team to Afghanistan, to monitor United Nations efforts for the release of a Filipino and two other foreign nationals abducted in the capital, Kabul.
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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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Efforts are continuing to secure the release of a County Armagh woman kidnapped in Afghanistan.
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Fresh snow from heavy clouds fell on Kabul Saturday, complicating the task for search teams scouring the mountainous region for a passenger jet carrying 104 people, including about 21 foreigners, that disappeared from radar during a snowstorm two days ago.
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Two Italian soldiers kidnapped in Afghanistan have been freed during a raid by NATO-led troops. The soldiers were wounded during the raid to free them and were taken to the hospital. NATO officials said at least eight of the suspected kidnappers were killed in the raid. The two soldiers had gone missing in the western province of Herat on Saturday with their Afghan interpreter and driver. Italy has around 2,0 00 troops in Afghanistan. More than 600 are in western Afghanistan running the regional NATO-led command.
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Afghan and coalition forces have kept up a hunt for rebels who briefly captured two southern districts last week, killing 13 Taliban in the latest strikes.
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistani soldiers were fanning out across mountains near the Afghan border on Friday in search of Al Qaeda-linked militant chief Abdullah Mehsud, after commandos killed five of his men who had been holding two Chinese engineers hostage, AP
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MEKELE, Ethiopia  - Ethiopian security forces scoured a remote northeastern region on Monday in search of a group of kidnapped Europeans, all linked to the British embassy in Addis Ababa.
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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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Pakistan security forces searched for two Chinese engineers and their Pakistani guard who were kidnapped Saturday in a tribal area near Afghanistan.
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Three foreign election workers have been kidnapped in the Afghan capital, Kabul, officials say.
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U.S.-led troops mounted overnight raids on suspected al-Qaida compounds in eastern Afghanistan, killing four people and detaining several others, officials said Sunday. The U.S. military said "several Arab fighters" were among the suspects killed or detained in the operation in Nangarhar province, although a local official said only Afghans survived.
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Troops backed by helicopters searched Sunday for seven Colombian tourists kidnapped by Marxist rebels as they celebrated Christmas at a lakeside spa, authorities said.
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A group calling itself the Army of Muslims has claimed responsibility for the kidnapping of three foreign United Nations workers in Afghanistan&#39;s capital, Kabul.