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Afghan border police stand guard near seized weapons as they are displayed to the media at a police headquarters in Jalalabad on March 2, 2013. Seven Taliban insurgents have been arrested with their weapons by Afghan border police during an operation in Ghani khel District of Nangarhar province. (AFP PHOTO/ Noorullah Shirzada)


Taliban Kill 17 Captured Afghan Soldiers

Taliban Kill 17 Captured Afghan Soldiers

by | Mar 6, 2013 | World

Kabul, AFP—Taliban militants have killed 17 captured Afghan soldiers in the far northeast in one of the deadliest single attacks on local forces in recent years, officials said on Wednesday. The men were taken hostage in Badakhshan on Saturday while guarding a convoy....