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August 8, 2019

Afghan Taliban Truck Bomb Attack in Kabul Kills 14, Wounds 145
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In Afghanistan, the Taliban has claimed responsibility for a massive
bomb attack in the capital Kabul Wednesday that killed 14 people and
injured 145 others. Wednesday morning's truck bomb explosion tore
through a police station, leveling the building and a nearby army
recruitment center, and blowing out windows more than a kilometer away
from the blast site. The latest attack came as the United Nations said
1,500 Afghan civilians were killed or wounded by fighting in July,
making it the deadliest month in at least two years. This comes as U.S.
officials are continuing talks in Qatar with the Taliban, aimed at
bringing a halt to fighting in Afghanistan - which is now in its 19th
year, the longest war in U.S. history.


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