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Afghan Army Unit Nearly Wiped Out as New Taliban Tactic Takes Toll

Forty-three soldiers were killed after militants drove stolen Humvees packed with explosives into an army base, mirroring a tactic used in two recent attacks. [Source]

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Origin: nytimes.com

Category: Afghanistan War (2001- )

Topics: attacks, recent, tactic, mirroring, explosives, packed, Humvees, stolen, drove, militants, killed, soldiers, Forty-three, Takes, Tactic, Taliban, Wiped, Nearly, Afghan

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/19/world/asia/afghanistan-taliban-attack-kandahar.html?partner=rss&emc=rss