Building Taliban took control of in U.S. Embassy attack

Building Taliban took control of in U.S. Embassy attack

KABUL, Afghanistan - A man picks up spent cartridges in a building in Kabul that Taliban insurgents had used to launch their attack on the area of the U.S. Embassy and the headquarters of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force in the Afghan capital. About 16 people including three children were killed in the attack.

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