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Afghan medical mission ends in death for 10 (AP)

August 7th, 2010

Dirk Frans, director of the International Assistance Mission,talks to the Associated Press at their office, Saturday, Aug. 7, 2010 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Ten members of International Assistance Mission medical team, including six Americans, were shot and killed by militants as they were returning from a two-week trip providing eye and other health care in remote villages of northern Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Ahmad Massoud)AP - They hiked for more than 10 hours over rugged mountains — unarmed and without security — to bring medical care to isolated Afghan villagers until their humanitarian mission took a tragic turn.


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