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UNC alum, development specialist Paula Kantor killed in Afghanistan hotel attack

A North Carolina woman who was in Afghanistan working on a project involving wheat production was the lone American victim in this week's Taliban attack in Kabul. Paula Kantor, a doctoral student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, was staying at the Park Palace Hotel when it was stormed by Taliban gunmen late Wednesday, sparking a siege that left 14 people, including nine foreigners, dead. (WRAL.com)

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