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KABUL, Afghanistan -- The Taliban claimed yesterday that they killed a U.S. sailor and kidnapped another as NATO forces ramped up a widespread search for the servicemen, who disappeared two days earlier in an area held by the militants.
The coalition force set up checkpoints and distributed fliers with the sailors' pictures and is offering thousands of dollars in rewards for their return. There were conflicting reports about whether the body of one of the two had been recovered.See the full content of this document
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Search Underway in Afghanistan for Two Missing Sailors
American and NATO officials confirmed that two Navy personnel vanished Friday in the eastern province of Logar after an armored sport utility vehicle was seen driving into a Taliban-held area. NATO officials were unable to say what they were doing in such a dangerous part o...
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