Taliban Steps Up Attacks in Kabul

A rise in Taliban attacks in Afghanistan's capital and elsewhere in the country is raising questions about whether local security forces can protect the country after NATO ends its 13-year combat mission on December 31. Taliban attacks have seen a steady rise in Afghanistan this year but the Islamist insurgency has lately focused most of its violent campaign on Kabul. Within the past month, Afghan authorities say, around a dozen high-profile attacks have hit the capital. Saturday...

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