KABUL ¨C A Taliban attack on a government security compound in central Afghanistan on Sunday killed at least 14 people and wounded more than 180, including scores of children, hours before a meeting in Qatar aimed at preparing the ground for peace talks.
Islamist Taliban fighters detonated a car bomb in Ghazni city near an office of Afghanistan¡¯s main intelligence service, the National Directorate of Security (NDS), during Sunday morning¡¯s rush hour, officials said.
The Taliban claimed responsibility, saying in a statement dozens of NDS officers were killed or wounded.
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