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Missing Iran envoys feared killed in Afghanistan
11:34 a.m. Sep 03, 1998 Eastern
ISLAMABAD, Sept 3 (Reuters) - The human rights group Amnesty International said on Thursday that 10 Iranian diplomats and an Iranian journalist missing in northern Afghanistan since August 8 were reported to have been killed.
``Eleven Iranian nationals (10 diplomats and one journalist) are said to have been killed when Taleban (militia) guards entered the Iranian consulate in Mazar-i-Sharif,'' an Amnesty statement received by Reuters in Islamabad said.
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