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muriel_volestrangler

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Tue Jan 22, 2019, 10:23 AM Jan 2019

Taliban militants kill dozens at Afghan intelligence base

Dozens of Afghan security personnel were killed by Taliban militants who overran a military intelligence base near Kabul, officials have confirmed.

At least 43 people were killed and 54 injured in Monday's attack, the NDS intelligence service told the BBC.

Insurgents blew their way into the base using a car bomb before opening fire. Some reports put the toll at over 100.
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The attack on the National Directorate for Security (NDS) base in central Wardak province came hours before the Taliban held another round of peace talks with US diplomats in Qatar.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-46957955

One of those 'peace talks' where the strategy is to hurt the other side as much as you can first, so that you 'negotiate from a position of strength'. And then spend any ceasefire rearming.
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