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Taliban claim bomb that killed 5 Canadians

Dec. 31, 2009
The Taliban are claiming responsibility for a roadside bomb blast in southern Afghanistan that killed four Canadian soldiers and a journalist embedded in their unit. Taliban spokesman Qari Mohmmmad Yusuf Ahmadi told The Associated Press that his group...
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Official says Taliban killed 40 hostages

KABUL, Afghanistan, Oct. 19 (UPI) -- At least 40 people kidnapped from a bus in southern Afghanistan have been killed by Taliban militants, an official said Sunday.

9 dead in Afghan Taliban attacks

KABUL, Afghanistan, Oct. 26 (UPI) -- Attacks by Taliban militants in southern and central Afghanistan claimed the lives of five Afghan soldiers and four policemen.

Taliban reject talks with Karzai

KABUL, Afghanistan, Sept. 30 (UPI) -- The Taliban will not accept a role in Afghanistan's government while foreign troops remain in the country, said a spokesman said.

Taliban says S.Korea has broken promise

KABUL, Afghanistan, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- The Taliban vow to attack South Korean facilities in Afghanistan if Seoul does not keep a promise it made to secure the release of hostages, Yonhap reported.

Amnesty Intl: Taliban must free hostages

KABUL, Afghanistan, Aug. 3 (UPI) -- Amnesty International has asked the Taliban to comply with international law by releasing all hostages kidnapped in Afghanistan.

Taliban set new deadline for hostages

KABUL, Afghanistan, July 26 (UPI) -- The Taliban in Afghanistan, having already killed one of 23 South Korean hostages, set a Friday deadline to kill others if their demands are not met.

Taliban sets price for hostages

KABUL, Afghanistan, April 22 (UPI) -- The Taliban has demanded that France withdraw its troops from Afghanistan as a condition for releasing five people taken hostage.

Taliban targeting Afghan officials

KABUL, Afghanistan, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- Afghanistan officials, including a police officer killed Friday, are being targeted by Taliban insurgents, a report said Saturday. China's official Xinhua news agency reports five other police officers were injured when they were chasing criminals in the

Indian taken hostage in Afghanistan

NEW DELHI, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- Afghanistan's Taliban has threatened to kill a kidnapped Indian driver unless his employer, Border Road Organization, pulls out of the country in 48 hours.

Taliban threaten to kill Indian national

KABUL, Afghanistan, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- Afghanistan's Taliban rebels have threatened to behead an Indian national they say they abducted if his employer does not leave Afghanistan within 48 hours. Indian newspaper The Hindu reported Monday that Taliban spokesman Qari Yusuf Ahmadi telephoned new
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, competes in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler