ABC News Online: Gunmen storm Save the Children office in Afghanistan, killing two and injuring 12
Four gunmen have stormed an office of the Save the Children aid agency in the Afghan city of Jalalabad and battled security forces who surrounded the building, killing at least two people and injuring 12, officials have said.
The attack began with a suicide car bomb outside the office, followed by gunmen entering the compound and fighting Afghan special forces, a spokesman for the government in the eastern province said.
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ASIA
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AFRICA
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