On the evening of 2 September 2019, a

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on a

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killed 16 people and injured 119 others at a housing compound used by

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in Kabul, Afghanistan. The target of the attack was foreign citizens living in the town; five

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, two

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and a 43-year-old

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were killed in the attack. Twenty-five other foreign residents were wounded, including another Romanian. On 5 September 2019, at least 12 people, including an

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service member and a Romanian soldier, were killed and more than 40 injured when a

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car bomber exploded in a heavily fortified area of central Kabul, close to the Afghan security offices. The

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claimed responsibility for the attacks.

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