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At Least 6 Killed in Afghanistan, Italian Journalist Believed
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Kidnapped
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http://enews.voanews.com/t?r=279&c=657878&l=1009&ctl=14698A1:A6F02AD83191E1603DDA57124E2F43CC9574F7DCC14957C0 Attacks killed
three policemen, two civilians and a provincial delegate





Security personnel direct motorcyclists to take one side of a road
after a remotely-controlled bomb exploded in Heart, October 15,
2006Afghan police say attacks around the country killed at least six
people Sunday, and an Italian journalist is missing and believed to
have been kidnapped.

Police say a rebel attack in the eastern province of Khost killed
three policemen. Later, in the western city of Herat, a roadside bomb
exploded near a security convoy, killing two people.

And in the southern city of Kandahar, gunmen killed a provincial
delegate Mohammad Yunus Husseni.

In Rome, Italian Foreign Ministry officials say they believe an
Italian freelance photojournalist has been kidnapped. Gabriele
Torsello disappeared in southern Afghanistan Saturday.

In other news, Pakistan began a 10-week program to register Afghan
refugees and provide them with identity cards.

The program, supported by the U.N. refugee agency, is the first such
effort to register Afghans in Pakistan. There are an estimated 2.5
million Afghans in Pakistan.

Some Afghans fled to Pakistan after the 1979 Soviet invasion of
Afghanistan, others left later to escape the Taleban's oppressive
rule. Other have sought jobs to escape the poverty in their homeland.
Some information for this report was provided by AFP, AP and Reuters.


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