Gunmen who raided a government building in the Afghan capital killed at least 28 people – mostly government employees – and wounded more than 20 others. The attack was a seven-hour standoff with police that ended on Monday night, Afghan authorities said. Others killed included a policeman and three of the attackers who were shot […]
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Not less than 50 people were killed in a suicide attack on a religious celebration in Kabul on Tuesday, officials said, in one of the deadliest assaults to strike Afghanistan this year. It follows a wave of bloody violence across the war-torn country in recent weeks that has killed hundreds of people as militants step […]
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Authorities in Kabul say two explosions have hit the centre of the Afghan capital killing at least 21 people. Kabul chief of police Dawood Amin said the area hit by the first blast on Monday morning included foreign offices. Authorities said at least 21 people, including a journalist, were killed and 27 wounded in the […]
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The death toll in the ambulance bombing of a crowded area in Kabul, Afghanistan has increased to 95, with 158 people wounded. Officials gave the new figures later on Saturday. The blast, claimed by the Taliban, was one of the biggest blasts to rock the war-torn city in recent years. It was the the second […]
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Many casualties are expected in the latest attack by terrorists at a highbrow hotel in Kabul. At least four gunmen stormed the iconic Intercontinental Hotel in a night-time raid on Saturday and opened fire on guests and staff. According to AFP, the hours-long assault is still ongoing by midnight GMT. There was no immediate claim […]
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At least 40 people were killed and dozens more wounded when a suicide bomber blew himself up inside a Shiite cultural centre in Kabul on Thursday, officials said. It was the latest violence to hit the Afghan capital. There was no immediate claim of responsibility but the Taliban was quick to deny involvement in the […]
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A suicide bomber killed at least 30 people inside a Shi‘ite mosque in Kabul on Friday, a security official said. He said that was the latest in a string of violent attacks on the country’s Shi‘ite minority. The attack occurred at Imam Zaman mosque in the western Dasht-e-Barchi part of Kabul, as Shi‘ite worshippers gathered […]
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The death toll in the May 31 bomb attack in the Afghan capital has risen to 150, President Ashraf Ghani said on Tuesday at the start of an international security conference in Kabul. Mr. Ghani said the attack near the German embassy had not been aimed at a specific target but the whole of the […]
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At least 20 people have been killed after three consecutive explosions occurred at the funeral ceremony of a protester in the Afghan capital Kabul, officials said. “Until now we don’t know if the explosions were suicide bombings or previously placed explosives,” a police official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, told dpa. High-ranking officials, […]
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A suicide bomb attack hit Kabul, Afghanistan near the German Embassy during rush hour of Wednesday morning, killing at least 80 people close to a highly secure diplomatic area. Apart from the death reported, some 300 others were injured, the health ministry said. A towering plume of smoke rose over the Afghan capital as emergency […]
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