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Britain Names Soldier Killed in Afghan Raid

Source: International Herald Tribune

Kabul : Afghanistan | 2 months ago

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Prime Minister Gordon Brown confirmed Wednesday that an unnamed British serviceman lost his life in a nighttime raid early Wednesday on a remote Afghan village where the Times reporter, Stephen Farrell, and a Times interpreter, Sultan Munadi , were being held hostage by the Taliban ....

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Afghan police die in Taliban attack

News Source: Al Jazeera | 2 months ago

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News Source: Hindustan times | 2 months ago

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Afghan journalist's body 'left behind under heavy fire'

News Source: The Age | 2 months ago

British-Irish journalist Stephen Farrell escaped unharmed in Wednesday's dramatic airborne operation, but his colleague Sultan Munadi was killed in the crossfire...Scores of civilians were believed to have been killed in the air strike. Farrell is a...
Anger over raid to free U.K. journalist

News Source: The Hindu | 2 months ago

Prime Minister Gordon Brown has been accused of jumping the gun and sacrificing the life of an Afghan interpreter by ordering a commando raid to rescue a British journalist from his Taliban kidnappers even as a deal to secure his release was believed...
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News Source: International Herald Tribune | 2 months ago

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As Menace to Hostages Grew, British Moved In

News Source: International Herald Tribune | 2 months ago

The raid by British Special Forces and Afghan soldiers freed the reporter, Stephen Farrell, but the interpreter, Sultan Munadi , and a British paratrooper were killed in a fierce firefight, as were least one Afghan civilian and dozens of Taliban...