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Afghan president calls for release of journalists (AP)

September 23rd, 2010

An Army carry team carries the transfer case containing the remains of Army Sgt. Marvin R. Calhoun of Elkhart Ind., upon arrival at Dover Air Force Base, Del. on Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2010. The Department of Defense says Calhoun was killed in a helicopter crash in Zabul province, southern Afghanistan on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)AP - President Hamid Karzai called Thursday for the quick release of three Afghan journalists — arrests that analysts said were reminiscent of a strategy the U.S. military used in Iraq to detain local journalists as a way to disrupt insurgents’ propaganda networks.


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