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Taliban ambush kills seven security guards
Nov 24, 2011, 12:48 GMT
Kabul - The Taliban on Thursday claimed responsibility for an ambush that killed at least seven private security guards in western Afghanistan.
'A group of armed men attacked a convoy belonging to a private company that provides logistics for international forces,' said Naqibullah Farahi, the spokesman for the provincial governor of Farah.
Farahi said 10 vehicles, including a tank and jeeps, were destroyed in the attack, in which 10 more guards were wounded.
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