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Kabul TV Station Goes Back On Air After Being Attacked By Armed Militants

Shamshad TV employees tell local media that after the sound of an explosion and gunfire, they scrambled to get out of the building.
Afghan policemen stand guard near an entrance gate of Shamshad TV Network after gunmen who were reportedly disguised as policemen stormed the media outlet in Kabul on Tuesday.

Armed militants stormed a private TV station in Afghanistan's capital of Kabul on Tuesday, in an attack in which gunmen reportedly dressed as police officers. The staff of the Shamshad TV Network managed

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