27 killed as Taliban's 20-hour Kabul siege ends
China Daily | Updated: 2011-09-15 07:43
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Afghan policemen carry a colleague killed in an attack in Kabul on Wednesday. An assault by Taliban insurgents on the heart of Kabul's diplomatic and military enclave ended on Wednesday after 20 hours. Omar Sobhani /Reuters |
KABUL - A marathon siege in Kabul's diplomatic enclave ended on Wednesday morning with the death of the last two of a group of gunmen who had held off Western and Afghan security forces for nearly 20 hours, showering rockets on Western embassies in a dramatic show of insurgent strength.
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