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"Welcome To Afghanistan": Video Invites US Tourists With Hostage Scene
A video linked to the Taliban uses dark humour and surreal imagery to rebrand Afghanistan as a tourist destination.
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Taliban Shifted Western Hostages As Prisoner Swap Postponed: Report
A plan to swap two Western hostages with three Taliban prisoners has been postponed, an Afghan government official told Reuters on Friday, and Taliban sources said the group had moved the Westerners to a "new and safe place".
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Afghan Taliban Releases 3 Indian Hostages In Prisoner Swap Deal: Report
The Afghan Taliban said it has freed three Indian engineers held hostage for over a year in an exchange for securing the release of 11 of its members, including some high-ranking officials of the terrorist group, according to a media report on Monday.
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Afghan Hostage Says Ex-Husband's Abuse After Release "Just Like Captors"
A couple who split after a five-year hostage ordeal in Afghanistan faced each other in a Canadian court Wednesday at the husband's trial for sexually assaulting his wife.
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He Was Handcuffed But Afghan Hostage Stole A Gun, Shot 7 Taliban Captors Dead
An Afghan man taken hostage by the Taliban made a dramatic escape by stealing a gun while his captors were praying and shooting dead seven of them and wounding 18 others, officials said Thursday.
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American-Canadian Family Held Hostage For 5 Years By Taliban Freed, Says Pakistan
Five Western hostages, including three children, were recovered from terrorists with ties to the Afghan Taliban in an operation based on intelligence shared by the US after five years of their abduction, the Pakistan Army said today.
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US, Australian Hostages Appear In Afghan Taliban Video
An American and an Australian have appeared in a Taliban hostage video, five months after they were kidnapped from Kabul.
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Taliban Seize 15 Soldiers After Afghanistan Helicopter Crash
Fifteen soldiers including two foreigners were taken hostage by the Taliban on Tuesday after their helicopter crash-landed in northern Afghanistan, local officials and militant sources said.
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Taliban Hold Minority Hazaras Hostage for 'Stealing Sheep'
Afghan Taliban militants on Saturday kidnapped at least seven members of the minority Shiite Hazara community after a dispute over sheep, local authorities said.
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Islamic State Captive Buried Head of Fellow Hostage
Nine months of torture at the hands of Islamic State fighters, in which he buried the decapitated head of a fellow detainee, are written on the gaunt face of Afghan student Mohammed Yousuf.
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"Welcome To Afghanistan": Video Invites US Tourists With Hostage Scene
A video linked to the Taliban uses dark humour and surreal imagery to rebrand Afghanistan as a tourist destination.
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Taliban Shifted Western Hostages As Prisoner Swap Postponed: Report
A plan to swap two Western hostages with three Taliban prisoners has been postponed, an Afghan government official told Reuters on Friday, and Taliban sources said the group had moved the Westerners to a "new and safe place".
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Afghan Taliban Releases 3 Indian Hostages In Prisoner Swap Deal: Report
The Afghan Taliban said it has freed three Indian engineers held hostage for over a year in an exchange for securing the release of 11 of its members, including some high-ranking officials of the terrorist group, according to a media report on Monday.
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Afghan Hostage Says Ex-Husband's Abuse After Release "Just Like Captors"
A couple who split after a five-year hostage ordeal in Afghanistan faced each other in a Canadian court Wednesday at the husband's trial for sexually assaulting his wife.
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He Was Handcuffed But Afghan Hostage Stole A Gun, Shot 7 Taliban Captors Dead
An Afghan man taken hostage by the Taliban made a dramatic escape by stealing a gun while his captors were praying and shooting dead seven of them and wounding 18 others, officials said Thursday.
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American-Canadian Family Held Hostage For 5 Years By Taliban Freed, Says Pakistan
Five Western hostages, including three children, were recovered from terrorists with ties to the Afghan Taliban in an operation based on intelligence shared by the US after five years of their abduction, the Pakistan Army said today.
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US, Australian Hostages Appear In Afghan Taliban Video
An American and an Australian have appeared in a Taliban hostage video, five months after they were kidnapped from Kabul.
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Taliban Seize 15 Soldiers After Afghanistan Helicopter Crash
Fifteen soldiers including two foreigners were taken hostage by the Taliban on Tuesday after their helicopter crash-landed in northern Afghanistan, local officials and militant sources said.
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Taliban Hold Minority Hazaras Hostage for 'Stealing Sheep'
Afghan Taliban militants on Saturday kidnapped at least seven members of the minority Shiite Hazara community after a dispute over sheep, local authorities said.
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Islamic State Captive Buried Head of Fellow Hostage
Nine months of torture at the hands of Islamic State fighters, in which he buried the decapitated head of a fellow detainee, are written on the gaunt face of Afghan student Mohammed Yousuf.
