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Dozens Killed in Major Taliban Attack on Kandahar Airfield

Taliban insurgents struck the Kandahar Air Field, a major hub for international forces operating in the region, NBC News reported. 

The Defense Ministry said the last of the 11 militants behind the assault were killed late Wednesday but not before killing 50 people -- the majority of whom were civilians. 

The attack coincided with a regional peace conference in Pakistan where President Ashraf Ghani asked Pakistan to help restart peace talks with the Taliban that were broken off earlier this year.
 

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