Taliban Claims Responsibility for Attack on Afghanistan Defense Ministry

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The Taliban has claimed responsibility for an attack on Afghanistan’s heavily fortified Defense Ministry, which killed two and wounded seven others. The attacker was reportedly killed by bodyguards just outside the Defense Minster’s office. This is the beginning of what the Taliban has called their “spring offensive.” Ray Rivera, foreign correspondent for The New York Times reports from Kabul.

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