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April 16, 2012

What Kabul Attacks Say About Afghan Security

Bilal Sarwary, BBC News

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The residents of central Kabul would have experienced a chilling sense of deja vu on Sunday as the first shots that rang out rapidly escalated into a multi-pronged assault on the city.

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