Herat
(2002 est. pop. of province 1.3 million; 2002 est. pop. of city 167,000). An important historical, commercial, and cultural center in Central Asia, Herat (ancient Aria) is a city on the Hari Riv...
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HERAT, Afghanistan, Oct 18 (Reuters) - A group of mediaeval
minarets in the Afghan city of Herat could be saved thanks to
the closure of a busy road threatening their foundations. The minarets, st...
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HERAT, Afghanistan, Dec 17 (Reuters) - A German man has
gone missing in northwest Afghanistan and may have been
kidnapped, the local police chief said on Monday. Taliban insurgents have kidnapped ...
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KABUL, Dec 8 (Reuters) - Afghanistan has closed a road that
threatened the foundation of a group of mediaeval minarets
which Kabul wants to see listed among the World's Cultural
Heritage sites. Th...
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U.S.-led coalition and Afghan forces clashed with Taliban fighters and called in an airstrike in southern Afghanistan, leaving 24 suspected militants dead and two coalition soldiers wounded, the co...
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Kabul (dpa) - Seven Afghan National Army soldiers were killed and
one wounded Wednesday when their vehicle was struck by a
remote-controlled roadside bomb in south-eastern A...
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Herat
Afghan city takes action to save ancient minarets
