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Islamic State Claims Attack on Afghanistan Jail Which Killed At Least 29 People

HeadlineAug 03, 2020

In Afghanistan, at least 29 people have been killed, and 50 others wounded, after gunmen raided a jail Sunday night in Jalalabad, in Nangarhar province. The Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack, which comes a day after one of its senior commanders was killed by Afghan forces in the same region.

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