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Taliban claim deadly attack on German consulate in Afghan city

By REUTERS

NOVEMBER 11, 2016 07:46

Updated: NOVEMBER 11, 2016 07:45

MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan/BERLIN - A Taliban suicide bomber rammed a car packed with explosives into a wall around the German consulate in the northern Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif late on Thursday, killing at least four civilians and wounding scores, officials said.

A NATO spokesman said the explosion had caused "massive damage" to the building, where around 30 people normally worked. Heavily armed attackers followed up the blast, battling with Afghan and German security forces late into the night.

The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack, saying it was in retaliation for NATO air strikes against a village near the northern city of Kunduz last week in which more than 30 people were killed.

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