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Usackas: the former Lithuanian foreign minister took up the EU post in February 2010 (Photo: eu2009.cz)

EU diplomats in Afghanistan rattled by shooting

The EU's ambassador to Afghanistan has said his staff are shocked after a bullet hit the window of his office earlier this week.

Recalling the incident on Tuesday (12 April), Vygaudas Usackas told EUobserver from Kabul on Thursday: "I was in my office talking on the phone during a meeting with staff when we heard some kind of strange noise. The moment I finished my conversation, I saw the hole in the window. My staff were shocked. It didn't go through because of the bullet-proof glass,...

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Usackas: the former Lithuanian foreign minister took up the EU post in February 2010 (Photo: eu2009.cz)

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