Security check tightened at Afghan conference venue

Security check tightened at Afghan conference venue

TOKYO, Japan - A police dog sniffs at garden plants Jan. 20 near a hotel in Tokyo's Takanawa, the venue of a two-day conference on reconstruction of Afghanistan beginning Jan. 21.

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