Five Relief Workers Killed in Ambush in Afghanistan, Agency Halting: ; Operations After; Deadly Ambush

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KABUL, Afghanistan - A Nobel Peace Prize-winning relief agency suspended operations in Afghanistan today, a day after five of its aid workers were killed in an ambush claimed by the former Taliban regime.

The assault on the Medecins Sans Frontieres operation in northern Afghanistan's Badghis province was the deadliest on foreign aid workers since the radical Islamic militia was ousted in late 2001 and cast new doubt on the country's readiness for national elections slated for September.

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Five Relief Workers Killed in Ambush in Afghanistan, Agency Halting: ; Operations After; Deadly Ambush

The foreign aid workers - a Norwegian doctor, a Dutch logistician and t...

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