U.S. Raids Afghan Compounds in U.N. Hostage Search
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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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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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Backed by air power, U.S. forces targeting militants believed to be responsible for the kidnapping of two coalition soldiers raided the main Shiite district in Baghdad on Sunday.
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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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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.
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Several Arab fighters were among four  militants killed and others captured in raids by U.S.-led  forces on al Qaeda-linked compounds in eastern Afghanistan at  the weekend, the U.S. military said on Sunday.
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Get INQ7 breaking news on your Smart mobile phone in the Philippines. Send INQ7 BREAKING to 386. KABUL, Afghanistan -- US and Afghan forces staged a dramatic pre-dawn raid on a house in southwest Kabul Monday
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Afghan guards backed by US helicopter gunships raided a Taliban safe house, killing one man and arresting 15, to prevent attacks during this week&#39;s presidential election, officials said on Sunday.
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KABUL, Afghanistan - 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.    Lt...
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Militants stormed Kabul's most popular luxury hotel Monday, killing at least six people as they hunted down Westerners who cowered in a gym Â a coordinated assault that could signal a new era of brazen Taliban attacks.
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U.S. soldiers killed four civilian members of the same family during a raid on Friday in Afghanistan's eastern province of Nangarhar, an Afghan rights body said.
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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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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.
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Three foreign U.N. workers held hostage  in Afghanistan were freed unharmed on Tuesday, almost four  weeks after their abduction at gunpoint on a Kabul street  raised fears of a wave of Iraq-style kidnappings.
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U.S.-led coalition forces detained four suspected al-Qaida operatives in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday, while a major operation to crush Taliban fighters in the south moved to a close, officials said.
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By Declan Walsh in Islamabad and Duncan Campbell and Ewen MacAskill inLondon. Oct 30 (Guardian News Service):NATO troops are hunting for three United Nations workers kidnapped in Afghanistan&#39;s first Iraqi-style abduction on Thursday.
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Security forces smashed their way into houses in downtown Kabul early today, detaining several men in an apparent search for three kidnapped UN workers.