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January 18, 2013

The Vulnerable U.S. Embassy in Kabul

Adam Zagorin, Foreign Policy

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Private guards responsible for protecting what may be the most at-risk U.S. diplomatic mission in the world -- the embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan -- say security weaknesses have left it dangerously vulnerable to attack.

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