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muriel_volestrangler

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Sat Mar 29, 2014, 03:02 PM Mar 2014

Afghanistan election HQ attack: Taliban militants killed

Source: BBC

Taliban militants who attacked Afghanistan's election commission headquarters have all been killed, police say.

Gunmen broke into a nearby building, disguised as women, and opened fire on the commission compound.

Police said special forces killed four attackers, while the Interior Ministry put the number at five.

The attack comes a week before presidential elections which the Taliban have vowed to disrupt.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-26798922

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Afghanistan election HQ attack: Taliban militants killed (Original Post) muriel_volestrangler Mar 2014 OP
This message was self-deleted by its author cosmicone Mar 2014 #1
disguised as women seveneyes Mar 2014 #2
Taliban represent violence, brutality and misogyny at its worst cosmicone Mar 2014 #3

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