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One foreign soldier, 8 Afghan police die in British Council attack

by Reuters
Friday, 19 August 2011 08:36 GMT

KABUL, Aug 19 (Reuters) - One member of a foreign security force and eight Afghan police were killed on Friday in a Taliban assault on the British Council in the Afghan capital, Kabul, investigators said.

"Eight members of the Afghan national police and one foreign soldier were killed," Mohammad Zahir, head of criminal investigations for the Kabul police, told Reuters. He said he was not able to confirm the nationality of the foreign soldier.

(Reporting by Mirwais Harooni and Amie Ferris-Rotman; Editing by Bryson Hull)

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