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The Hunt: Where do anti-Taliban efforts stand?

WASHINGTON — The Taliban have launched at least three deadly attacks so far this year, killing more than 100 people in Kabul, Afghanistan.

The U.S. still has troops there and is working with Afghans to defeat the Taliban. Chief Pentagon spokeswoman Dana White explains the Pentagon’s plan to deal with it.

EXCLUSIVE: DHS intensifies efforts to prevent mass attacks and fear

“Scary” was how a top Homeland Security Department official described the shooting rampage as it unfolded Saturday on an Odessa, Texas, highway. Seven people died, and dozens were injured. It was the third mass shooting in the month of August and the fourth in 32 days.
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