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  • Despite the official statements, about 100 people gathered in Pul-e-Alam on Friday to denounce the military operation, saying they were not convinced the victims were Taliban fighters, according to police and witnesses.

    NATO: 2 U.S. soldiers killed in Afghan firefight 2010

  • Pul is mentioned sometimes as the name of one of the kings of Assyria; perhaps some part of that country might likewise bear that name.

    Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi) 1721

  • Read More from Allan Nairn Then there is also the prison outside of Kabul, Afghanistan called Pul-i-charki which expanded in 2006 and is run by U.S. allies in Afghanistan.

    No I Can't: A Dissident to U.S. Empire But A Fighter For Humanity 2009

  • About a hundred years after this (B.C. 745) the crown was seized by a military adventurer called Pul, who assumed the name of

    Easton's Bible Dictionary M.G. Easton 1897

  • He obtained his building materials from the northwest palaces of the ancient dynasty, ending in Pul.

    Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible 1871

  • "From the same person who told you the secret that my Pulcheria is called Pul!" said Rufinus; he laughed and bowed and left the two girls together.

    The Bride of the Nile — Complete Georg Ebers 1867

  • Now, he was supposed to be taken to the maximum-security prison outside of Kabul called Pul-e-Charkhi, but apparently, due to the intercession of his American attorney, the Afghan authorities agreed to fly him downtown, where he was-he spent time with their attorney general.

    Democracy Now! 2009

  • Read More from Allan Nairn Then there is also the prison outside of Kabul, Afghanistan called Pul-i-charki which expanded in

    The World Can't Wait! 2009

  • Just now "Pul" was longing less than usual to take the veil; for she had found in Paula a being before whom she felt small indeed, and to whom her unenvious soul, yearning and striving for the highest, could look up in satisfied and rapturous admiration.

    The Bride of the Nile — Complete Georg Ebers 1867

  • Their daughter Pulcheria, was commonly called "Pul" for short, to save time, excepting when the old man spoke of her by preference as "the poor child."

    The Bride of the Nile — Complete Georg Ebers 1867

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