A suicide bomb attack in southern Afghanistan resulted in the deaths of five Americans and an Afghan doctor on Saturday. Of those killed was Anne Smedinghoff, a 25-year-old foreign service officer, who was traveling with the group through the province
Kerry, in Turkey for meetings with the country's leaders, said 25-year-old Anne Smedinghoff of Illinois had assisted him when he visited Afghanistan two weeks ago. She served as his control officer, an honor often bestowed on up-and-coming members of
In a statement, Secretary of State John Kerry paid tribute to Anne Smedinghoff, a 25-year-old foreign service officer with the US State Department, who was killed in the “despicable attack” in the province of Zabul. He said:
A 2009 graduate of Johns Hopkins University working as a State Department diplomat in Afghanistan was among five Americans killed Saturday when the convoy they were traveling in was struck by a suicide bomber. Anne Smedinghoff, 25, was among a
Anne Smedinghoff, a 25-year-old foreign service officer, died on Saturday when the group she was travelling with was struck by an explosion in southern Zabul province. They were travelling to donate textbooks to students. A civilian employee with the
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