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Capt. Obvious

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Mon Feb 10, 2014, 10:32 AM Feb 2014

Bomb kills two American contractors in Afghan capital Kabul

Source: Reuters

A car bomb in the Afghan capital Kabul killed two United States contractors for the international security force ISAF on Monday, the NATO-led force and a U.S. official said.

The explosion in eastern Kabul was the latest incident to rattle the city ahead of April's presidential election due to choose the country's first new leader since 2001.

"Two International Security Assistance Force contracted civilians died as the result of a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device attack in eastern Afghanistan today," ISAF said in a statement.

A U.S. official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the slain contractors were American.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/10/us-afghanistan-attack-idUSBREA190Y620140210

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Bomb kills two American contractors in Afghan capital Kabul (Original Post) Capt. Obvious Feb 2014 OP
Gets confusing. Downwinder Feb 2014 #1
not all contractors out there are security contractors penultimate Feb 2014 #2
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