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US Demands Investigation Into Killing of Afghan Prosecutors

Ayaz Gul

   ISLAMABAD - The United States has strongly condemned Monday's
   assassination of a team of five Afghan government employees, including
   two prosecutors, and demanded that authorities investigate the attack.
   The slain men were said to be part of a team working to facilitate the
   release of Taliban prisoners from government custody as part of a
   landmark U.S. agreement with the Islamist insurgent group aimed at
   ending nearly two decades of Afghan war.
   "This attack, carried out by enemies of peace, took the lives of five
   civilians. We offer our condolences," Zalmay Khalilzad, the American
   special envoy for Afghan reconciliation, said in a series of tweets.
   "We call for a full investigation to find the perpetrators and bring
   them to justice."

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