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"If We Vote, We'll Be Killed" - Taliban Threaten To Burn Down Houses In Afghan Villages
Villagers in Afghanistan say the Taliban have been telling them not to vote in elections planned later this year, threatening to burn down the house of anyone who does, in a bid to derail a vote seen as a major test of government credibility.
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Wedding Revellers in Afghan Village Exult Over Taliban Rout
Ankle bells chimed as male dancers shimmied beneath chandeliers in midnight wedding revelry that drew together an entire frontline Afghan village just days after its residents humiliatingly routed the Taliban.
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Chaotic Scenes as Afghan Landslide Victims Seek Aid
Grief-stricken and destitute Afghan villagers vented anger with their government as they scrambled for emergency aid, three days after deadly landslides engulfed their homes.
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Afghan delegation attacked by militants at site of US killings
Taliban militants opened fire on Tuesday on an Afghan government delegation visiting one of the two villages in southern Afghanistan where a US soldier is suspected of killing 16 civilians. The gunfire killed an Afghan soldier who was providing security for the delegation, said Gen. Abdul Razaq, the police chief for Kandahar province where the visi...
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US soldier who killed 16 Afghan civilians could get death
The US soldier suspected of killing 16 Afghan civilians in a shooting rampage could face the death penalty if convicted, US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said on Monday.
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Kandahar massacre: Afghan lawmakers demand US soldier's public trial
The Afghan Parliament demanded on Monday that a US soldier who went on a shooting spree and killed 16 villagers in their homes should be put on public trial in Afghanistan.
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Taliban vow revenge for US soldier's rampage
Afghanistan's Taliban insurgents today vowed revenge against "sick minded American savages" for the weekend rampage by a US soldier who killed 16 villagers in their homes. The Taliban would "take revenge from the invaders and the savage murderers for every single martyr", they said in a statement on their website.
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Obama calls Karzai after US soldier goes on rampage to kill 16 civilians in Afghanistan
Stalking from home to home, a United States Army sergeant methodically killed at least 16 civilians, 9 of them children, in a rural stretch of southern Afghanistan early on Sunday, igniting fears of a new wave of anti-American hostility, Afghan and American officials s
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Afghan wedding attacks aimed at anti-Taliban guests
The blast that ripped through a wedding celebration in an Afghan village, killing 40 people, appears to have been aimed at 17 guests of an anti-Taliban guard group encouraged by the Americans.
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"If We Vote, We'll Be Killed" - Taliban Threaten To Burn Down Houses In Afghan Villages
Villagers in Afghanistan say the Taliban have been telling them not to vote in elections planned later this year, threatening to burn down the house of anyone who does, in a bid to derail a vote seen as a major test of government credibility.
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Wedding Revellers in Afghan Village Exult Over Taliban Rout
Ankle bells chimed as male dancers shimmied beneath chandeliers in midnight wedding revelry that drew together an entire frontline Afghan village just days after its residents humiliatingly routed the Taliban.
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Chaotic Scenes as Afghan Landslide Victims Seek Aid
Grief-stricken and destitute Afghan villagers vented anger with their government as they scrambled for emergency aid, three days after deadly landslides engulfed their homes.
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Afghan delegation attacked by militants at site of US killings
Taliban militants opened fire on Tuesday on an Afghan government delegation visiting one of the two villages in southern Afghanistan where a US soldier is suspected of killing 16 civilians. The gunfire killed an Afghan soldier who was providing security for the delegation, said Gen. Abdul Razaq, the police chief for Kandahar province where the visi...
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US soldier who killed 16 Afghan civilians could get death
The US soldier suspected of killing 16 Afghan civilians in a shooting rampage could face the death penalty if convicted, US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said on Monday.
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Kandahar massacre: Afghan lawmakers demand US soldier's public trial
The Afghan Parliament demanded on Monday that a US soldier who went on a shooting spree and killed 16 villagers in their homes should be put on public trial in Afghanistan.
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Taliban vow revenge for US soldier's rampage
Afghanistan's Taliban insurgents today vowed revenge against "sick minded American savages" for the weekend rampage by a US soldier who killed 16 villagers in their homes. The Taliban would "take revenge from the invaders and the savage murderers for every single martyr", they said in a statement on their website.
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Obama calls Karzai after US soldier goes on rampage to kill 16 civilians in Afghanistan
Stalking from home to home, a United States Army sergeant methodically killed at least 16 civilians, 9 of them children, in a rural stretch of southern Afghanistan early on Sunday, igniting fears of a new wave of anti-American hostility, Afghan and American officials s
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Afghan wedding attacks aimed at anti-Taliban guests
The blast that ripped through a wedding celebration in an Afghan village, killing 40 people, appears to have been aimed at 17 guests of an anti-Taliban guard group encouraged by the Americans.
