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At Least 19 People Killed In Attack On Kabul University

Gunmen storm the campus where a book fair had drawn senior Afghan and Iranian officials, though it isn't immediately clear whether that group was the intended target of the attack.
A man, wounded after gunmen stormed Kabul University, arrives in an ambulance at Isteqlal Hospital on Monday. At least 19 people died in the attack on Afghanistan's largest university.

Gunmen in the Afghan capital stormed the country's largest university, killing 19 people in an hours-long attack on Monday.

The assault coincided with a book fair that attracted senior Afghan and

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