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Gunmen kill high-ranking Taliban official in Afghanistan in rare targeted attack

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KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Gunmen killed a high-ranking local Taliban official in Afghanistan’s northwestern province of Badakhshan on Tuesday in…

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    KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Gunmen killed a high-ranking local Taliban official in Afghanistan’s northwestern province of Badakhshan on Tuesday in…

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