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February 11, 2009

Taliban Attacks Afghan Justice Ministry in Kabul; 19 Killed
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In Afghanistan, at least nineteen people died after Taliban fighters,
carrying assault rifles and wearing suicide vests, stormed the Afghan
Justice Ministry and the Department of Prison Affairs in Kabul.
Fifty-four people were wounded. The coordinated attacks struck in the
heart of Kabul, near the presidential palace and the US embassy in the
Afghan capital. The attack came on the eve of a scheduled visit to
Afghanistan by President Obama’s special envoy Richard Holbrooke.



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