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Afghan Police Rescue 30 People Taken Hostage in Kabul - Reports

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The Kabul police have rescued 30 civilians taken hostage during an attack in the city, Afghan broadcaster 1TV reported on Tuesday.
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Citing the interior ministry, the broadcaster said that the attackers started trespassing on residential houses and clashing with the security forces after detonating a car bomb in Kabul's Police District 10.
Houses of two prominent Afghan political figures - Defense Minister Bismillah Khan Mohammadi and lawmaker Azim Baghlani — were similarly violated on Tuesday.
Violent clashes and terrorist attacks continue to ravage Afghanistan despite ongoing peace talks between the government and the Taliban* in the Qatari capital of Doha.
*A terrorist organization banned in Russia
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