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Afghanistan: American Researcher Dies in Attack

Monday, May 12th, 2008 @ 06:44 UTC

by Adil Nurmakov

Countries:: Afghanistan
Topics:: Breaking News, War & Conflict
Languages:: English

Barnett Rubin reports that Michael Vinay Bhatia, a researcher well known to many of those working on Afghanistan, died in an IED attack on his vehicle in Khost Province, Afghanistan, on May 7, 2008.

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