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Red Cross says six staff killed, two missing in Afghanistan

Kabul, Feb 8 (AFP) Six Red Cross workers were killed and two others were missing in northern Afghanistan, the international charity said today, underscoring the growing dangers faced by aid workers in

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Published: February 8, 2017, 6:04 PM IST

Kabul, Feb 8 (AFP) Six Red Cross workers were killed and two others were missing in northern Afghanistan, the international charity said today, underscoring the growing dangers faced by aid workers in the war-battered country.

“We are shocked and devastated,” a spokesman for the International Committee of the Red Cross told AFP, without offering any details on the incident in Jowzjan province.

(AFP)

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