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Insurgents Attack U.N. Site in Kabul
OCTOBER 28, 2009, 12:58 A.M. ET
By YAROSLAV TROFIMOV AND ANAND GOPAL
KABUL -- Insurgents Wednesday morning attacked two guesthouses and a hotel in downtown Kabul that housed United Nations and other international staff, in one of their most daring attacks on the Afghan capital.
According to the Associated Press, at least seven people were killed in the guesthouse attacks, including three United Nations staff.
There also were sounds of explosions elsewhere in the city, suggesting a large-scale, coordinated attack on the capital.
The assailants managed to take over one of the guesthouses, Bakhtar, but were repelled by security guards at another, the Imperial. According to a U.N. spokesman in Kabul, three U.N. staff members were killed in the Bakhtar attack, and an unknown number was injured....
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