Meanwhile, In America's Longest Running War, Consulate Attacked in Afghanistan

Though a steady focus on Syria may have left some forgetting that the U.S. remains involved in another civil war on the Asian continent, a Taliban attack on a U.S. consulate in the west of Afghanistan on Friday may send a bloody reminder.

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According to reports, an armed group of Taliban-supported fighters—in what was described as a “brazen commando-style attack”—attempted to storm the U.S. consulate in Herat early Friday morning, detonating a car bomb and firing on security personnel as they tried to storm the building.

As Al-Jazeera America reports:

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