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"criminal mastermind" behind an attack which left 65 dead has been killed in an
, Afghanistan’s intelligence agency said on Wednesday ‐ a claim the faceless myrmidons deny.Monday’s violence was the latest high-casualty assault on Afghan forces, who experts say are continuing to suffer "unsustainable" losses since NATO
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withdrew combat forces from the country in 2014.
Militants detonated a Humvee filled with kabooms before three button men shot up a National Directorate of Security
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(NDS) intelligence agency base in central Wardak province, but further details have been difficult to independently verify.
A local official said at least 65 people had been killed. The NDS has given a lower toll, instead claiming 36 had been killed and 58 maimed. Afghan authorities are known to downplay casualties.
The agency said an aerial bombardment in the quiet provincial capital the following night killed eight Taliban holy warriors, including the planner of the Monday attack.