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Taliban call for probe as fall-out from Afghan air raid reverberates

Source: SAMAA

Kabul : Afghanistan | 2 months ago

KABUL: The Taliban Monday called on the international community to shed full light on a NATO air raid that killed dozens of people in Afghanistan, as the fall-out from last week's incident reverberated worldwide. Friday's air raid in northern Kunduz province killed at least 54 people, according to...

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