Attack on security firm in Kunduz

GIZ staff unharmed

Bonn/Eschborn, 2 August 2011. An attack was carried out in northern Afghanistan this morning, claiming several lives. The attack in Kunduz was clearly targeted at a private security firm, not at the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, as some reports have stated. GIZ staff are unharmed.

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