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                Afghan Forces Take Over Security Responsibility

   Afghan President Hamid Karzai says Afghan forces are taking over
   responsibility for security for the entire country from the
   international military coalition.
   Mr. Karzai said Tuesday at a security handover ceremony on the
   outskirts of the capital, Kabul, that Afghan forces would take the lead
   in all security efforts, a major milestone of the 12-year-old war.
   The security transition was marred by a bomb blast Tuesday in another
   area of Kabul that targeted Afghan lawmaker Mohammed Mohaqiq, who
   survived the blast. Three people were killed in the bombing.
   The Taliban has been executing an intense campaign of violence in the
   run-up to the handover.
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