At least 10 civilians were killed when suicide bombers and Taliban insurgents attacked a hotel frequented by Westerners in the Afghan capital.
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/ 18 September 2010
A string of attacks hit Afghanistan’s parliamentary election on Saturday, after the Taliban vowed to disrupt the poll.
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/ 15 September 2010
Police fired into the air to disperse thousands of anti-American protesters in Afghanistan’s capital on Wednesday.
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/ 18 January 2010
Taliban gunmen launched a brazen assault on the centre of Kabul on Monday, with suicide bombers blowing themselves up at several locations.
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/ 18 January 2010
Taliban gunmen, some wearing suicide vests, launched a commando-style assault on government buildings in the centre of Kabul on Monday.
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/ 3 November 2009
Hamid Karzai vowed to form an inclusive government on Tuesday after warnings from Western supporters he would have to root out corruption.
”The Afghan people dared rockets, bombs and intimidation and came out to vote,” President Hamid Karzai said after polls closed on Thursday.
A suicide bomber rammed an explosive-laden car into a Western military convoy in the Afghan capital on Tuesday.
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/ 11 February 2009
Taliban insurgents attacked two government buildings in Kabul on Wednesday killing at least 19 people, officials said.
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/ 4 December 2007
A suicide bomber rammed a car into a convoy of Nato forces close to the airport in the Afghan capital on Tuesday, wounding 10 Afghan civilians, a police official said. A spokesperson for the Taliban said the militant Islamic group carried out the attack to ”welcome” United States Defence Secretary Robert Gates.