Afghanistan: March 30, 2005

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With most of the snow and mud gone, the Taliban has started attacking again. A suicide car bomber, 130 kilometers east of the capital, apparently detonated his explosives prematurely, killing only himself. Meanwhile, 650 kilometers southwest of the capital, a group of Taliban fired on a checkpoint, killing five soldiers, then escaped on motorcycles. But nearby troops took off after them and arrested the killers. 

 

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