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                    [Title] => Afghanistan hires 10,000 tribesmen to secure polls
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KABUL (AP) — Authorities have hired some 10,000 Afghan tribesmen to protect this month's presidential election, an Afghan official said today, raising the possibility that village militias could be enlisted to fight against the Taliban.

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KANDAHAR (AFP) - A spokesman for Afghanistan's Taliban claimed Saturday the militants had killed two Germans and five Afghan hostages and threatened that 23 South Korean captives could meet the same fate.

However, Afghanistan's foreign ministry said one of the Germans was still alive and the other had died of a heart attack, while the German government said it had no information any of its citizens had been killed.
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KABUL (AP) — Authorities have hired some 10,000 Afghan tribesmen to protect this month's presidential election, an Afghan official said today, raising the possibility that village militias could be enlisted to fight against the Taliban.

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KANDAHAR (AFP) - A spokesman for Afghanistan's Taliban claimed Saturday the militants had killed two Germans and five Afghan hostages and threatened that 23 South Korean captives could meet the same fate.

However, Afghanistan's foreign ministry said one of the Germans was still alive and the other had died of a heart attack, while the German government said it had no information any of its citizens had been killed.
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