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Taliban Claims Deadly Car Bombing In Downtown Kabul

September 05 2019

Afghanistan

At least 10 people have been killed and 42 wounded in a suicide bombing in Kabul's diplomatic district, reports the Tolo News (Kabul). 

On Thursday, a car bomb detonated near a checkpoint for the National Directorate of Security, Afghanistan's main intelligence agency, said the interior ministry. 

The attack occurred near the NATO office and U.S. Embassy in a heavily fortified area of Kabul, reported BBC News. 

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