Place: Kabul-Kandahar highway

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'Forty killed' as Afghanistan buses crash

Two tour buses travelling at high speed collided head-on on a southern Afghan highway this evening, killing about 40 people on board, a highway police commander said.

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Afghan army prepares for new mission

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Taliban kill one hostage

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Taliban: hostage talks in ‘final stage’

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71 Taliban killed in fierce clashes

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Taliban claims it kidnapped election workers

Search on for kidnapped election worker and colleagues

Roadblocks were set around the Afghanistan capital of Kabul today to search for a Northern Irish UN worker who was kidnapped with two colleagues.

Fri, 29 Oct, 2004

Kidnapped aid worker is 'dual British-Irish national': Straw

A UN election worker holding dual British and Irish nationality is among three foreigners seized in Afghanistan today.

Thu, 28 Oct, 2004

Taliban free kidnapped road engineer

Taliban insurgents have freed a Turkish engineer they kidnapped a month ago as he worked on a road project in southern Afghanistan, officials said today.

Sun, 30 Nov, 2003