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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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  • Explosions Gunfire Hit Center of Afghan Capital

    Two large explosions shook a busy area in the center of the Afghan capital Friday, in the second major attack in Kabul in a little more than a ...

  • Taliban Attacks 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 ...

  • Large Blast Hits Center of Afghan Capital

    Afghan police say the blast went off close to the hospital for the state intelligence service. There were no immediate reports of ...

  • Taliban launch major attack on downtown Kabul

    KABUL (AFP) - Explosions and gunfire rocked central Kabul Friday as the Taliban launched a major attack close to an Afghan intelligence facility and the headquarters of a government force that protects foreign firms.Smoke rose from the site of at least one suicide car blast that started the coordinated assault before commando security forces began an operation to clear several militant gunmen ...

  • Suicide bomb hits Kabul as Taliban battle police

    Afghan police aim their weapons after a suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, May 24, 2013. A suicide bomber struck in the heart of the Afghan capital on Friday, sending a plume of smoke billowing over Kabul and setting up a gun battle in the second major attack in the city in little over a week, police said. (AP Photo/Ahmad ...

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