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The Tajik and Afghan foreign ministers began a second day of talks in Dushanbe in the highest- level bilateral contact since fighting on the border intensified a month ago. The captured five were part of a force sent by the Commonwealth of Independent States. One of the captured soldiers was wounded.
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