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Urgent: 37 civilians killed in Afghan Taliban attack near Kandahar airport

Xinhua, December 9, 2015 Adjust font size:

About 37 civilians were killed and 18 others wounded in a 20-hour-siege by Taliban militants on a residential complex near an airport in southern Afghan city of Kandahar, sources said on Wednesday, adding nine militants and eight security force members also died in the heavy clashes. Enditem