A young U.S. foreign service officer, a civilian Defense Department employee and an Afghan doctor were killed Saturday when a car bomb exploded as their convoy was passing on the way to deliver books to children at an Afghan school.

The attack in southern Afghanistan’s Zabul province also killed three U.S. soldiers. A separate attack in the east of the country Saturday killed another U.S. civilian working for the government.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said he had met the foreign … [Read More]

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Source: VOA News: Economy and Finance