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AfghanistanSun.com Thursday 28th August 2008 Issue 1589
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"All efforts of the Afghan government to avoid civilian casualties have not yielded any positive results and our innocent countrymen are still killed in anti-terrorism operations."
Afghan President Hamid Karzai
Karzai was condemning the killing of 76 civilians, mostly children, by a US airstrike in western Afghanistan.

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Central Asia
  • China, Tajikistan reach broad consensus on furthering bilateral cooperation
  • “Russia’s recognition of independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia will not affect its position on Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity”
  • Azerbaijan-American intergovernmental commission to hold meeting in atumn
  • China, Tajikistan agree to enhance good-neighborly, cooperative relations

    US Military
  • U.S. military and Japanese prepare for disaster drills
  • Memorial planned for slain Mannheim soldier
  • Okinawa water reservoirs running low
  • Pair sentenced for burglary at Mildenhall
  • US Army continues Iraq murder conspiracy hearing

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    Taliban militant numbers reduced by allied troops
    Nearly 80 suspected Taliban militants were killed in coalition airstrikes and clashes with Afghan forces, while four Afghan policemen were killed in a roadside bomb blast in southern region on...

    Over 40 militants killed on Pakistan-Afghan border
    The Pakistan Army said Wednesday it killed over 40 insurgents in a major military offensive in northwestern tribal district near the Afghan border, while at least seven civilians died when an explosion ripped through an eatery near the capital...

    Afghan police find body of Japanese hostage
    Police and Afghan villagers Wednesday found the body of a Japanese aid worker who was abducted by four armed men Tuesday in the eastern province of Nangarhar, officials...

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    World War II body found hanging from tree in New Guinea
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    U.S. stock markets close in positive territory
    U.S. equity markets had a rare up day Wednesday with all indices finishing in the...

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    Mortgage finance giant Fannie Mae has made changes to its executive ranks, after investors appeared less certain a government bailout of the company might be imminent....

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    Muslim News
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  • Muslim made boys beat themselves with blades till they bled
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