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R.I.P. Hungarian soldier Judit Abraham Papp

Nyugodj békében Papné Ábraham Juditt posztomusz hadnagy! Hungarian soldier killed, 3 wounded in Afghanistan BUDAPEST, Hungary - One Hungarian soldier has been killed and three have been wounded in an attack on a military convoy in northern Afghanistan, the Hungarian Defence Ministry said Monday. The attack took place at 01:30 GMT, when the 18-vehicle convoy, which was carrying Hungarian troops to the city of Mazar-e-Sharif, was fired on from several sides after a roadside explosion. The vehicle carrying the injured troops was also hit by a rocket-propelled grenade. A 32-year-old female solider, 1st Sgt. Judit Abraham Papp, died at the scene, 20 kilometres (12 miles) northwest of the town of Pul-e-Khumri, while another suffered life-threatening injuries and two more were seriously hurt. Some of the troops in the convoy were on their way back to Hungary after having completed their tours of duty. After the attack, the convoy returned to its base in Pul-e-Khumri, Baghlan Province, where H...

Karzai seeks anexception

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Karzai seeks anexception Tag cloud: Afghanistan , Politics , Taliban , Commentary , World Boris Pavlishchev 14.07.2010, 17:33 The President of Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai wants the UN to lift restrictions on some moderate members of Taliban so as to permit the holding of peace talks with them. The US special envoy to Afghanistan, Richard Holbrooke is reportedly holding talks with officials of the UN mission in Kabul on the issue. Exonerating some Taliban members may occur before the international conference on a possible settlement in Afghanistan, slated for July 20th. The authorities in Kabul are praying for that. In 1999, the UN imposed sanctions against the then ruling Taliban, for bluntly refusing to hand over Osama bin Laden, regarded by the US as terrorist number one, and in 2001, more than 100 names of members of Taliban and Al-Qaeda were added to the black list which now contains 137 names. Those on the list are banned...