Kabul, Afghanistan – For weeks, Afghan cities had been preparing to celebrate the 100th independence anniversary on Monday. There were billboards of King Amanullah Khan and multicoloured lights strewn across trees and roundabouts. The Afghan flag flapped in the wind, hanging from cars. But that collective sense of joy came to an end at 10:40pm on …
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