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BBC Radio journalist abducted and killed in Afghanistan
Jun 9 2008, Rajesh

Abdul Samad Rohani, an afghan journalist working for BBC radio was found shot dead in Helmand province in Afghanistan. Afghan officials said he had been adbucted and killed.

According to local reporters, he had officially reported on a drug-burning...

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An unidentified U.S. Marines soldier, from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, doing push ups at forward operating base near the town of Garmser in Helmand Province of Afghanistan Sunday, July 6, 2008. The U.S. Defense Department has extended the combat...

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