NEWS: Kabul killings: SA family not secret missionaries

Kabul - The latest Taliban strike in Kabul killed a South African father running an education charity and his two teenage children, a family spokesperson said on Sunday, as the city police chief resigned after a spate of attacks.





With the US-led Nato war against the Taliban nearing its end, the insurgents have targeted foreign guest houses, embassy vehicles, US troops and a female member of parliament in recent weeks.

Werner Groenewald, 46, his son Jean-Pierre, 17, and daughter Rode, 15, were killed in Saturday's attack on the compound of Partnership in Academics and Development (PAD), a small California-based education group.

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