Afghan Rights Group Suspects Commander of Beheadings
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A leading human rights group in  Afghanistan said on Saturday it suspected a renegade commander  was behind the beheading and skinning of fighters loyal to  Ismail Khan, governor of the western province of Herat.
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UK counter-terrorism officials believe plan to kidnap and behead British soldier was backed by al-Qaida
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An inmate injured in a deadly Afghan prison shootout Friday will be questioned to determine if he and four comrades, all once suspected of belonging to al Qaeda
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An Afghan prisoner told a review tribunal Wednesday that the Taliban killed three of his relatives and stole his land, and then imprisoned members of the group attacked him in Guantanamo Bay.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq A militant Muslim group has released a video showing the beheading of a man identified as an Iraqi Army officer. The group (Ansar al-Sunnah) posted a statement on a Web site saying the officer was kidnapped in Mosul (MOH&#39;-sul).
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Afghan security forces have detained a supreme court judge suspected of being involved in an August car bomb attack that killed 10 people, including three Americans, in the capital Kabul, a court official said on Saturday.
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Mullah Obeidullah is the most important Taliban member to be arrested since the invasion of Afghanistan by American forces in 2001.
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Police detained five men Friday in connection with the killing of a German aid worker in northern Afghanistan, officials said. The five were detained in the province of Sari Pul, where Dieter Ruebling, 65, worked for aid group German Agro Action, said police spokesman Zemrai Bashary.
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Investigators said Saturday some military personnel implicated in the Abu Ghraib abuse scandal were involved in deaths and abuses of detainees in Afghanistan.
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Afghan authorities have arrested four people suspected of being involved in the kidnap of a German national, an Afghan minister was quoted as saying on Wednesday.
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A man who launched a militant Islamic group to fight U.S. forces in Afghanistan has been arrested in connection with the kidnapping of three U.N. workers there in October, a senior Pakistani Cabinet minister said Saturday.
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MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan  - Dozens of Afghan journalists and activists on Saturday sought the release of a journalist detained by security officials for allegedly making blasphemous comments.
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One of the most feared members of the Bosnian-Serb army, who was accused of decapitating 80-100 Muslim civilians in 1995 and of carrying out the Srebrenica massacre, was arrested yesterday on genocide charges.
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Pakistani security forces have  arrested the head of an Afghan militant group responsible for  kidnapping three U.N. workers in neighboring Afghanistan, the  information minister said on Saturday.
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Three suspects Taliban members have been arrested for trying to kill Afghan President Hamid Karzai by firing a rocket at his helicopter during his first election campaign trip outside Kabul, officials said on Friday.
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The group that claimed responsibility for the abduction of three UN workers in Afghanistan threatened today to kill the captives unless Nato and Afghan troops call off their search.
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U.S. and Iraqi forces detained a leading member of the Muslim Clerics' Association on Friday in what the influential Sunni group described as a campaign against opponents of the U.S. presence in Iraq.