Multiple deaths in Kabul, Afghanistan after militant attack on government compound
By DW
25 December 2018 |
11:00 am
Militants have killed at least 28 people in an hours-long assault on a government compound. No group has claimed responsibility for the brazen attack that involved a suicide bombing and a hostage situation.
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