Militants Attack Kabul Army Post

At least 11 Afghan soldiers have been killed and others wounded in an attack on an army base in the capital, Kabul. It's the third attack by militants in just over a week. Najibullah Azad, deputy spokesperson to President Ashraf Ghani, told Newshour that the targeting of civilians by militants was a response to their defeat by Afghan and international forces on the ground.

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(Photo: Afghan security personnel near the site of an attack in Kabul, Credit: Wakil Kohsar/AFP/Getty Images)