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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Samuel Osborne

EXPLAINED: Taliban attack on uk contractor g4s kills at least 10 in afghanistan | Rare Historical Photos

Security forces block the roads at the site of a suicide bomb attack in Kabul, Afghanistan ( AP/Rahmat Gul )

A car bomb exploded outside a British security contractor’s compound in Afghanistan's capital Kabul, before a gun battle erupted outside the facility, leaving at least 10 dead and 19 wounded, officials in the country said. 

Blaming the attack on Taliban insurgents, Najib Danish, a spokesman for the Interior Ministry said: “A number of gunmen entered the G4S compound right after the car bomb."

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