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KABUL, Afghanistan - Three journalists picked up by coalition forces or the Afghan intelligence service for their suspected links to Taliban propaganda networks have been freed after brief detentions that prompted angry reaction from journalism advocates and President Hamid Karzai's call for their quick release.
KABUL, Afghanistan - President Hamid Karzai called Thursday for the quick release of three Afghan journalists - arrests that analysts said were reminiscent of a strategy the U.S.
KABUL, Afghanistan - Afghans braved Taliban rockets and polling site bombings Saturday to vote for a new parliament in elections seen as a measure of the government's competence and commitment to democratic rule.
KABUL, Afghanistan - Men in traditional tunics and women covered in sky-blue burqas trickled into polling centers to vote in Afghanistan's parliamentary election Saturday, as scattered attacks and the closure of some voting sites by insurgents underscored the difficulty of trying to hold a vote in a country at war.
KABUL, Afghanistan - Polling stations have formally opened for voting in Afghanistan's parliamentary election after a scattering of early morning rocket attacks apparently aimed to disrupt the vote.
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