Taliban Suicide Bombers Target Afghan Courthouse

A group of Taliban suicide bombers armed with automatic weapons and dressed in military uniforms stormed a courthouse in northern Afghanistan Thursday, killing at least five people and wounding up to 30 others.   Afghan security forces surrounded the complex shortly after the assault began in Mazar-i-Sharif, the capital of northern Balkh province.  Local officials say an intense exchange of gunfire is under way.​   The head of the main hospital in the city, Khuja Noor...

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