Troops hunt Afghan kidnap victims
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Afghan forces and international peacekeepers hunt for three foreign poll workers abducted in Kabul.
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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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US and Afghan forces raid houses in Kabul as part of a hunt for three UN workers kidnapped last month.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- US and Afghan soldiers detained 22 suspected Taliban members in a major search operation after a gun-fight in a southern Afghan mountain range, officials said yesterday.
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BOSASSO, Somalia  - Somali security forces were hunting the kidnappers of two foreign aid workers for a second day on Thursday, local officials said.
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The hunt was on today for a British man and two of his American colleagues who were kidnapped by gunmen from their house in Baghdad.
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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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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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Three foreigners helping to organize  Afghanistan's presidential election were kidnapped by a gang of  armed men in the capital on Thursday, prompting a huge manhunt  by Afghan authorities and international peacekeepers.
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A militant group claiming to have kidnapped three foreign election workers in Afghanistan said Friday that it would execute the hostages if the authorities pursued their search for the kidnappers.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- Taliban fighters have seized 18 Afghan mine-clearing specialists and threatened to kill them if investigations suggest they are working for US-led forces in the country, officials and the insurgents said yesterday.
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Afghan police tightened security in the southern city of Kandahar on Sunday as officials searched for an American aid worker, her Afghan driver and their kidnappers
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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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BOGOTA, Colombia - 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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KABUL, Afghanistan, Dec. 14 -- A Turkish engineer and two Afghans were apparently kidnapped Tuesday in an area of eastern Afghanistan where bandits and insurgents from the Taliban and other Islamic extremist groups operate, officials said.
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Security forces hunt for reporter and Iraqi interpreter abducted from hotel by armed gang
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A massive manhunt was underway for three UN foreign election workers whose daylight abduction in Kabul has sparked fears of the start of Iraq-style kidnappings in Afghanistan.