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  • Suicide bombers gunmen attack Kabul

    Suicide bombers and gunmen launched attacks on several targets, including a police station, in Afghanistan capital Kabul Friday evening, leaving casualties, a police source said. The serial bombings were not near the Indian embassy. The first blast took place at around 4.10 p.m. in Afghanistan's Shahrara area, reported Xinhua citing the source. The source said the obvious target of the attack ...

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  • Afghanistans neighbours trying to split country Karzai

    In a meeting with Afghan Interior Ministry officials, President Hamid Karzai has reportedly warned that neighbouring countries are trying to split the country. He claimed that these countries have taken undue advantage of the situation in Afghanistan, and added that they always did things to meet their own goals. "Some countries don't want Afghanistan to have a proper system; many don't want ...

  • مردم می خواهند خلافت اسلامی

    مردم می خواهند خلافت اسلامی برای شغل برای تولید انرژی برای ...

  • UN plans six-day mission to Afghanistan Pakistan

    Beijing, May 24 (Xinhua-ANI): Humanitarian emergency directors from various UN agencies will travel on a six-day mission to Afghanistan and Pakistan, the United Nations said Thursday. During the visit from May 26 to June 1, the directors will see for themselves "the ongoing humanitarian operations in the countries and look into ways in which the humanitarian community can strengthen its ...

  • Taliban influence in Afghanistan to grow Russian agency

    The Taliban influence in Afghanistan may grow after international coalition forces pull out, while rising radicalism in Syria could lead to the country's disintegration, Russian military intelligence agency GRU has said. GRU chief Lt. Gen. Igor Sergun said the situation in Afghanistan poses a "serious challenge to international stability" and that the withdrawal of the International Security ...


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  • Taliban Militants Attack Heart of Afghan Capital

    Taliban militants have attacked the heart of the Afghan capital, setting off explosions and battling security forces. At least four blasts shook a busy area of Kabul Friday, in the second major attack in the city in a little more than a week. Shooting erupted in the area as militants and security forces engaged in a fierce gunbattle. Afghan officials say two of the attackers were killed. ...

  • Policeman four gunmen killed in Kabul Taliban attack

    KABUL (AFP) - Explosions rocked central Kabul for five hours on Friday after Taliban gunmen launched a major suicide and gun attack centred on a compound of the International Organization for Migration (IOM).One police officer was killed and four militants were shot dead as security forces hunted down the attackers, with prolonged bursts of gunfire and grenade blasts heard across the Afghan ...

  • Taliban claims credit for Kabul bombing

    Afghan men and children look on at the site of a suicide attack in Kabul on May 16, 2013. The Afghan capital was hit by another suicide bombing on May 24, 2013, with the Taliban claiming responsibility. (AFP/AFP/Getty ...

  • Afghanistan UN condemns terrorist attack on partner agencys compound

    Print 24 May 2013 &#150 The top United Nations official in Afghanistan strongly condemned the terrorist attack on a compound of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in central Kabul, which earlier today wounded three of the agency’s staff, one seriously. One staff member from the UN International Labour Organization ...

  • Taliban Storm CIA Office in Kabul

    The attack began with a suicide car bombing at the gate of a police directorate, which is adjacent to the UN office, Hashmat Stanikzai, a police spokesman said. He said insuregnts, including suicide bombers, then stormed the UN office. At least four Nepalese guards at the UN office were injured, three of them in critical condition, an officer with the IDG company that provides ...

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