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Friday, August 19, 2011

Mehdi Hasan: Barack Obama's wars without end

Another day, another attack. On Friday, the Taliban celebrated Afghanistan's independence day with an audacious assault on the British Council office in Kabul, which killed nine people.-- Mehdi Hasan: Barack Obama's wars without end - Guardian
Taliban launches bomb and gun attack on British Council's Kabul compound
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