A Taliban spokesman tweeted that the organization targeted in the attack was involved in “harmful Western activities inside Afghanistan,” including implementing a program that promotes the “open intermixing of men and women”
KABUL—Taliban fighters mounted a deadly attack at the Kabul offices of a U.S.-based aid organization they said promoted Western values, an assault likely to amplify concerns about the insurgents’ commitment to human-right gains as part of any deal to end the nearly 18-year Afghan war.
A blast late Wednesday morning near the entrance of the offices of Counterpart International, apparently set off by a car bomb, was followed by plumes of black smoke swirling into the sky above central Kabul and the crackle of gunfire as insurgents...
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