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Afghanistan’s new hero

Afghan army Staff Sgt. Isa Khan Laghmani, 28, is shown Tuesday, one day after he says he shot all six Taliban gunmen threatening the parliament building in Kabul, Afghanistan.

Afghan army Staff Sgt. Isa Khan Laghmani, 28, is shown Tuesday, one day after he says he shot all six Taliban gunmen threatening the parliament building in Kabul, Afghanistan.

  (Ali M. Latifi / Los Angeles Times)

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Isa Khan Laghmani, 28, said he shot six Taliban fighters Monday in Kabul, Afghanistan, during an attack on the parliament in which two civilians were killed and 40 wounded.

Afghan parliament attack

In this photo taken by Dr. Naqibullah Faiq, an Afghan member of parliament and other lawmakers leave the main hall after a suicide attack in front of the main gate of parliament in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Monday.

  (Dr. Naqibullah Faiq / AP)

Afghanistan attack

A security officer stands guard outside the Afghan parliament building in Kabul after a Taliban attack on Monday.

  (Rahmat Gul / Associated Press)

Afghan parliament attack

Afghan firefighters spray water after clashes with Taliban fighters in front of the parliament building in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Monday.

  (Rahmat Gul / AP)

Poster of Isa Khan Laghmani

Men attach a poster of Afghan army Staff Sgt. Isa Khan Laghmani to a fence in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Tuesday.

  (Ali M. Latifi / Los Angeles Times)

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