Khalis

Auburndale, Fla., died April 27 in Khalis, Iraq, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit with an explosive device.

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CNN is following this story and can confirm of a suicide bombing in the town of Khalis, that is north of Baghdad.

CNN Transcript Mar 29, 2007 2007

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As the Americans blasted Tora Bora with bunker-busting bombs, bin Laden escaped with the help of lieutenants for a local warlord, Maulvi Yunus Khalis, who had fought with bin Laden against the Red Army, according to officials including Michael Scheuer, former CIA pointman in the hunt for the al-Qaida chief.

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JALALABAD, AFGHANISTAN - Khalis Shinwari doesn't have arrest powers, lacks an official mandate and works unarmed.

As anti-corruption measures lag in Afghanistan, U.S. looks to grass-roots effort Ernesto Londono 2010

JALALABAD, AFGHANISTAN - Khalis Shinwari doesn't have arrest powers, lacks an official mandate and works unarmed.

As anti-corruption measures lag in Afghanistan, U.S. looks to grass-roots effort Ernesto Londono 2010

Forced out of Iran, they eventually settled near Khalis, Iraq, at Camp Ashraf, a desert compound about 75 miles from the Iranian border where the majority of MEK loyalists reside today.

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The speed with which farmers are turning to poppies is confirmed by the Iraqi news agency al-Malaf Press, which says that opium is now being produced around the towns of Khalis, Sa'adiya, Dain'ya and south of Baladruz, pointing out that these are all areas where al-Qa'ida is strong ....

Opium farms spread across Iraq 2008

The speed with which farmers are turning to poppies is confirmed by the Iraqi news agency al-Malaf Press, which says that opium is now being produced around the towns of Khalis, Sa'adiya, Dain'ya and south of Baladruz, pointing out that these are all areas where al-Qa'ida is strong ....

Opium farms spread across Iraq 2008

According to the National Council of Resistance of Iran, yesterday afternoon the 36 prisoners -- who are on hunger-strike -- were beaten up and tortured for more than two hours before being bundled into vans and transferred from Khalis city prison to Baghdad.

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