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May 29, 2012

Air Strikes Kill 8 Family Members, Alleged Al-Qaeda Leader in Afghanistan 
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In news from Afghanistan, NATO officials say a coalition air strike has
killed a Saudi man who is being described as al-Qaeda’s second in
command in Afghanistan. Sakhr al-Taifi reportedly oversaw the transport
of militants into Afghanistan. Meanwhile, Afghan authorities say at
least eight family members, including six children, have been killed in
a NATO air strike in the eastern province of Paktia. In other news from
Afghanistan, 160 girls have been hospitalized after they were poisoned
in their classrooms. A similar attack last week sent 120 girls and three
teachers to a hospital. Afghan officials blamed the attacks on radicals
opposed to the education of women and girls.

 

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