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Kabul explosion: Foreign compound targeted by Taliban
Август 01, 2016
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Kabul explosion: Foreign compound targeted by Taliban

A compound housing foreign contractors in the Afghan capital, Kabul, has come under attack from Taliban fighters. A huge explosion was heard across the city about 01:25 local time on Monday (20:55 GMT Sunday). Kabul police chief Abdel Rahman Rahimi told the BBC a lorry bomb went off at the gate of the North Gate compound and...

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Kabul IS blast: Afghan capital buries victims of huge bombing
Июль 25, 2016
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Kabul IS blast: Afghan capital buries victims of huge bombing

Funerals have taken place in Kabul for victims of Saturday's suicide bomb attack claimed by so-called Islamic State (IS), which killed 80 people. Bodies were still being collected from morgues as the first burials were conducted in the west of the city. The bomber targeted a protest march by members of the Hazara minority,...

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Kabul blast: Afghanistan mourns protest bombing victims
Июль 24, 2016
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Kabul blast: Afghanistan mourns protest bombing victims

Afghanistan is observing a day of national mourning after suicide bombers killed 80 people and wounded 230 in an attack on marchers in Kabul. So-called Islamic State (IS), the Sunni Muslim militant group, has said it was behind Saturday's attack on members of the Shia Muslim Hazara minority. In a televised address,...

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Taliban attack on Afghanistan police cadets near Kabul kills dozens
Июнь 30, 2016
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Taliban attack on Afghanistan police cadets near Kabul kills dozens

Taliban bombers have attacked an Afghan police convoy outside the capital Kabul, killing at least 30 people and wounding 50 others, officials say. Two bombs hit a convoy of buses carrying graduates from a ceremony on the city's western outskirts. Paghman District Governor Musa Khan told the BBC that all but two of the dead...

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Former US Ambassador to Kabul Reflects on Missed Opportunities
Апрель 25, 2016
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Former US Ambassador to Kabul Reflects on Missed Opportunities

The former U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan, Zalmay Khalilzad, says one of the biggest problems facing Afghanistan continues to be its poor relationship with its neighbor, Pakistan. Khalilzad told VOA in an interview Friday that "the two countries need each other and they should cooperate." He said the United States did...

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Afghanistan violence: Deadly bomb and gun attack hits Kabul
Апрель 19, 2016
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Afghanistan violence: Deadly bomb and gun attack hits Kabul

At least 28 people have been killed and 329 injured in a huge explosion in the centre of the Afghan capital Kabul, police and officials say. A suicide attacker detonated a vehicle and a fierce gun battle followed. Officials say the attack is now over and the area has been cleared. A Taliban spokesman said the group carried out...

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Afghanistan violence: Deadly ‘suicide bomb’ hits Kabul
Апрель 19, 2016
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Afghanistan violence: Deadly ‘suicide bomb’ hits Kabul

Several people have been killed in a bombing in the centre of the Afghan capital Kabul, President Ashraf Ghani has said. Interior ministry spokesman Sediq Sediqqi said a suicide attacker had detonated a vehicle. Dozens are reported injured. Gunfire can still be heard in the area. A Taliban spokesman said the group was...

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Heavy blast in Kabul near Russian Embassy (VIDEO, PHOTOS)
Январь 20, 2016
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Heavy blast in Kabul near Russian Embassy (VIDEO, PHOTOS)

A car bomb explosion struck near the Russian embassy in Kabul. The police report 10 people injured and no casualties so far. A truck bomb attack took place on Darul Aman road, according to embassy spokesman Aleksey Kosarev. He said there were no casualties among the embassy staff. At least 10 people were injured, according...

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