State Pao: Afghan Evening News Clips 15 August 2015

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Kidnapped a day earlier, 10 individuals freed in Ghazni — Pajhwok
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Ghazni City —— Ten kidnapped people have been released in the
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Unidentified gunmen abducted a dozen individuals on Friday but two
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Provincial council member Hassan Raza Yousafi said; "Ten abducted
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Yousafi said: "Civilians and government officials have been‘
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Noorullah, another resident, said: "Unidentified men covering their
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