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May 9, 2019

Five Killed in Kabul, Afghanistan as Taliban Attack U.S. Nonprofit
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In Afghanistan, the Taliban has claimed responsibility for an attack
Wednesday on the offices of a U.S.-based non-governmental organization
in the capital Kabul that killed at least five people and left two dozen
others injured. The attack targeted the offices of Counterpart
International, a nonprofit based in Arlington, Virginia, that is funded
by USAID, the U.S. Agency for International Development. The attack came
following a proposed Ramadan ceasefire by Afghan president Ashraf Ghani.
The Taliban rejected the proposal amid ongoing peace talks with the
United States.


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