Troops fan out west of Kabul in hunt for UN kidnap victims
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Afghan forces backed by foreign peacekeepers fanned through a valley west of Kabul in a massive manhunt for three UN election workers kidnapped by gunmen from outside their office in the Afghan capital.
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Militants holding hostage three foreign UN workers in Afghanistan said they negotiated yesterday with Afghan government and UN officials in southern Afghanistan but that the meeting ended without results.
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An Afghan government team went to an area on Sunday where 23 Koreans were kidnapped to ask tribal elders to mediate for their release while Afghan and foreign troops stood by ready for an operation to free them.
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U.S.-led troops searching for three U.N.  hostages blasted their way into compounds in Kabul on Monday  and detained 12 people while militants claiming to hold the  U.N. workers warned the government against any tricks.
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NATO forces freed two kidnapped Italian soldiers in a military operation in western Afghanistan in which both men were wounded, Italian and Afghan officials said Monday.
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Two foreigners from the Red Cross who helped free a group of South Korean captives last month have been kidnapped in Afghanistan after talking with militants about the release of a German hostage, officials said Thursday.
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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.
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Afghan police have arrested three suspects in the kidnapping of a Briton and two other foreign election workers and are concentrating their search for the victims in a valley north of Kabul, a government source says.
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NATO troops and helicopters searched on  Friday for an Afghan airliner missing for a day with 104 people  on board, including 13 foreigners, amid fears it may have  crashed after being turned away from Kabul in a snow storm.
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More than 18,000 US troops and innumerable Afghan forces are in the process of searching every inch of Afhganistan and Afghan-Pak border.
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Pakistan is on the hunt for more terrorists believed holed up in the rugged territory along the border with Afghanistan. Security officials say troops backed by warplanes and artillery
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Search resumes for UN special representative after Kabul's concerns that Briton is too forceful
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Mrs Flanigan and two other UN officials were snatched in the capital Kabul last week while monitoring the country`s presidential election.
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22 DETAINED IN AFGHANISTAN. US and Afghan troops detained 22 suspected Taliban fighters during a major search operation after a gun battle in southern Zabul province, officials said yesterday, as Afghan authorities
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Australian and U.N. forces are searching for the remnants of the rebels who attempted to assassinate the country's prime minister and president
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US and Afghan forces raid houses in Kabul as part of a hunt for three UN workers kidnapped last month.
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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