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An Islamic State suicide bomb attack Sunday on a voter registration center in Kabul, the capital, killed 57 people and wounded more than 100 others. In addition, at least 18 troops and police officers have been killed in Taliban attacks this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Still, NATO officials see an \u201cunprecedented opportunity\u201d in Afghan President Ashraf Ghani\u2019s offer of unconditional peace talks accompanied by a cease-fire, the recognition of the Taliban as a political party and the release of some prisoners. They also say peace protests have been an encouraging sign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere are now spontaneous, not at all engineered by the government, peace rallies. 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