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ALERT STATE AT KANDAHAR AIRPORT RISING AT HIGHER LEVEL

KABUL. AFGHANISTAN, Security measures established around Kandahar airport, Afghanistan, have been increased following the gunfight happened yesterday night. The aircraft transporting the first group of prisoners belonging to Al-Qaida was taking off from Kandahar, formerly the main taliban stronghold, when a dozen of men begun to shoot from a distance of about 400 metres. As the the C-17 took-off with...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 22313
Rome, Italy, 01/11/2002 17:21
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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