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    July 17, 2011

Top Karzai Aide Killed in Kabul

   VOA News

   Map showing Kabul, Afghanistan

   Gunmen have killed a top aide to Afghan President Hamid Karzai.
   Afghan authorities say Jan Mohammad Khan was killed Sunday night during
   an attack on his home in the capital, Kabul.
   No further details have been released and authorities say fighting in
   the area is still ongoing.
   The attack comes just days after the assassination of Karzai's brother,
   Ahmad Wali Karzai, in southern Kandahar province.
   Meanwhile, officials in eastern Afghanistan said Sunday that Afghan and
   foreign troops killed at least 10 Taliban fighters in a school in
   Nangarhar province.
   Officials said the coalition forces targeted the militants using ground
   troops and airstrikes.
   Authorities said there were no children in the school during the
   attack.

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