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100 Taliban Terrorists To Be Released From Afghan Jails Today
The Afghan government will release 100 Taliban prisoners from jails on Thursday, said a senior security official, adding that in exchange the Taliban will release 20 Afghan security members.
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Afghan Taliban Releases Rare New Picture of Founder Mullah Omar
The Afghan Taliban have released a striking new picture of late founder Mullah Omar from his days as a religious student, the only known image of the reclusive leader before he lost his right eye in battle.
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Taliban Storm Afghan Prison, Free Hundreds of Inmates: Officials
Taliban insurgents stormed the main prison in the eastern Afghan province of Ghazni early Monday, killing police officers and freeing hundreds of inmates, officials said.
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Afghan Taliban Storm Jail, Release Hundreds of Prisoners: Police
Taliban insurgents stormed a prison in the central Afghan city of Ghazni early on Monday, killing police and releasing hundreds of prisoners, police said.
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US transfer of last Afghan prisoners postponed
A ceremony to mark the complete transfer of a controversial jail from US to Afghan control was cancelled on Saturday, another setback in a long-running dispute over detainees.
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Transfer of US prison to Afghans delayed again
The long-awaited transfer of the U.S. detention center in Afghanistan has been delayed once again as a deal struck between the two governments broke down the day before a planned handover ceremony.
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Afghan president Hamid Karzai orders cameras to combat torture
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has ordered that all interrogation facilities should be equipped with video cameras in a bid to prevent torture, after a recent UN report said detainees were abused.
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Suspect in Afghan killings remembers little: Lawyer
Army Staff Sargent Robert Bales remembers little about the night he is accused of slaughtering 16 Afghan civilians in a night-time shooting rampage, his lawyer says. He has a sketchy memory of events from before and after the killings but recalls very little or nothing of the time the military believes he went on a shooting spree through two Afghan...
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At Afghan prison, female visitors face invasive searches
Women visiting relatives at a notorious men's prison on the edge of Kabul have in recent weeks been subjected to invasive body-cavity searches at the order of the prison's commandant, who has told guards and American officials that the measure is needed to keep out contraband, Western and Afghan officials said.
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100 Taliban Terrorists To Be Released From Afghan Jails Today
The Afghan government will release 100 Taliban prisoners from jails on Thursday, said a senior security official, adding that in exchange the Taliban will release 20 Afghan security members.
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Afghan Taliban Releases Rare New Picture of Founder Mullah Omar
The Afghan Taliban have released a striking new picture of late founder Mullah Omar from his days as a religious student, the only known image of the reclusive leader before he lost his right eye in battle.
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Taliban Storm Afghan Prison, Free Hundreds of Inmates: Officials
Taliban insurgents stormed the main prison in the eastern Afghan province of Ghazni early Monday, killing police officers and freeing hundreds of inmates, officials said.
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Afghan Taliban Storm Jail, Release Hundreds of Prisoners: Police
Taliban insurgents stormed a prison in the central Afghan city of Ghazni early on Monday, killing police and releasing hundreds of prisoners, police said.
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US transfer of last Afghan prisoners postponed
A ceremony to mark the complete transfer of a controversial jail from US to Afghan control was cancelled on Saturday, another setback in a long-running dispute over detainees.
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Transfer of US prison to Afghans delayed again
The long-awaited transfer of the U.S. detention center in Afghanistan has been delayed once again as a deal struck between the two governments broke down the day before a planned handover ceremony.
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Afghan president Hamid Karzai orders cameras to combat torture
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has ordered that all interrogation facilities should be equipped with video cameras in a bid to prevent torture, after a recent UN report said detainees were abused.
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Suspect in Afghan killings remembers little: Lawyer
Army Staff Sargent Robert Bales remembers little about the night he is accused of slaughtering 16 Afghan civilians in a night-time shooting rampage, his lawyer says. He has a sketchy memory of events from before and after the killings but recalls very little or nothing of the time the military believes he went on a shooting spree through two Afghan...
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At Afghan prison, female visitors face invasive searches
Women visiting relatives at a notorious men's prison on the edge of Kabul have in recent weeks been subjected to invasive body-cavity searches at the order of the prison's commandant, who has told guards and American officials that the measure is needed to keep out contraband, Western and Afghan officials said.
