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2 US-led soldiers killed in Afghanistan
Fri Oct 15, 2010 10:0AM

Two more US-led soldiers have lost their lives in southern and eastern Afghanistan, NATO says. The nationality of the soldiers or the exact location where they were killed have not been disclosed yet.
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Roadside bomb kills 9 in Afghanistan
Sat Oct 16, 2010 7:18AM

A roadside bomb has killed at least 9 civilians and wounded four others in southern province of Zabul in Afghanistan, a senior police official says.
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Islamabad to mediate Kabul-Taliban talks
Fri Oct 15, 2010 5:51PM

Pakistan says it is offering to facilitate peace talks between the Afghan government and Taliban militants in order to secure stability in the volatile region.
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"Nothing can be done without us because we are part of the solution, we are not part of the problem," Pakistani Premier Yousuf Raza Gilani said in comments broadcast on Pakistani television on Tuesday.

These developments come as Afghanistan's new Peace Council has held initial talks with the Taliban.

The head of the council, Afghanistan's former President Burhanuddin Rabbani, says he is convinced that militants are ready to negotiate peace.

He says the Taliban have set some preconditions for the talks.
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