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Raqam Jan was at home on furlough after two years of fighting for the Afghan army when he stepped out of his house and onto a homemade mine. It had been planted not just to kill him but to send a message to his fellow villagers about the perils of serving in the Afghan security forces.

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Militants staged a suicide car bombing then engaged in a gunfight with security forces near the American consulate in the western Afghan city of Herat early Friday, officials said. An Afghan translator was killed, while several other people, including police, were wounded.

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A senior official says insurgents have attacked a construction camp in western Afghanistan, killing nine workers and a policeman.

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An official says a bomb in a market in western Afghanistan has killed four people. 

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A suicide bomber in a four-wheel-drive vehicle blew up his cache of explosives on Tuesday morning in Herat province in western Afghanistan, killing nine people and wounding 21, authorities said.

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A total of 20 insurgents were killed and 15 others were captured when Afghan and NATO-led coalition forces launched operations in different parts of the country over the past 24 hours, country's Interior Ministry said on Monday. 

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In the 1970s, tourists traveled to western Afghanistan to climb on the ruins of an ancient citadel, a fortress resembling a sandcastle that has stood overlooking the city of Herat for thousands of years.

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A police officer says a bomb set up on a motorbike exploded near an airport in western Afghanistan, killing one female policewoman and two civilians.

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 The Afghan police during operations in different parts of the country have killed 12 insurgents over the past 24 hours, said a statement issued by the Afghan Interior Ministry here on Saturday.

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A government spokesman says a bus has careened off of a mountain road in south Afghanistan, killing 35 people including women and children.

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Militants staged a suicide car bombing then engaged in a gunfight with security forces near the American consulate in the western Afghan city of Herat early Friday, officials said. An Afghan translator was killed, while several other people, including police, were wounded.

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A senior official says insurgents have attacked a construction camp in western Afghanistan, killing nine workers and a policeman.

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An official says a bomb in a market in western Afghanistan has killed four people. 

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A suicide bomber in a four-wheel-drive vehicle blew up his cache of explosives on Tuesday morning in Herat province in western Afghanistan, killing nine people and wounding 21, authorities said.

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A total of 20 insurgents were killed and 15 others were captured when Afghan and NATO-led coalition forces launched operations in different parts of the country over the past 24 hours, country's Interior Ministry said on Monday. 

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In the 1970s, tourists traveled to western Afghanistan to climb on the ruins of an ancient citadel, a fortress resembling a sandcastle that has stood overlooking the city of Herat for thousands of years.

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A police officer says a bomb set up on a motorbike exploded near an airport in western Afghanistan, killing one female policewoman and two civilians.

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 The Afghan police during operations in different parts of the country have killed 12 insurgents over the past 24 hours, said a statement issued by the Afghan Interior Ministry here on Saturday.

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A government spokesman says a bus has careened off of a mountain road in south Afghanistan, killing 35 people including women and children.

[DatePublished] => 2011-08-20 13:52:26 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) ) )
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