Aqa

Ground forces are now fighting in a town called Aqa al Shab (ph), which is just north of the area where those two Israeli soldiers were kidnapped, the event that touched off this entire conflict.

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In the course of a much anticipated interview with the belligerent Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Couric raised the all-important murder of Neda Aqa Soltan while discussing post-election violence in Iran — which Ahmadinejad dismissed as an unfortunate event that he said occurred because of chaos instigated by the United States and United Kingdom.

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"Even the government wants to know what are the exact issues," said Aqa, who criticized the Central Bank for failing to identify problems earlier.

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Al Haj-Mohammad Aqa, a director general at the Afghan finance ministry, said the government wants a rigorous audit of Kabul Bank, which handles 250,000 accounts for government employees, including for salaries of soldiers and police.

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The document which specifies the rights to the allocations of the area was given to the legal Wakil Said Aqa Khan and to Khan Ali, the village representative of Daulat Pai, Behsood, Hazara.

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“Tell me my name,” saith the Rudder; “Aqa” (_i. e._, true one) is thy name,

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As a final measure, Colonel Aqa said, they shot the men.

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"Then, the armed men and some of their other local friends started stoning them brutally and then hanged them," Colonel Aqa said.

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Officials found the mutilated bodies on Sunday and returned them to their families, Colonel Aqa said.

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