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Local Guard Force
Year of Death: 2017

Rhamantullah Ghawsi, Local Guard Force, died on May 31, 2017, in Kabul, Afghanistan. He was killed by a large-scale vehicle-borne improvised explosive device while guarding a main vehicle access point to the International Zone in Kabul.
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U.S. Department of State

The Lessons of 1989: Freedom and Our Future