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Huge blast at NATO headquarters rocks Kabul

Source: The Jakarta Post

Kabul : Afghanistan | 3 months ago

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Afghan capital on Saturday, a heavily guarded area near the U.S. embassy and presidential palace. No immediate word was available on the exact cause of the blast or if there were any casualties...The explosion came less than a week before the country will hold elections for presidential and provincial...

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KABUL: Today,one another very pathetic incidance took place when Taliban attacked a guest house in kabul,Afghanistan where united nation staff was living.They killed seven people including three officials of united nation.A Taliban spokesman has accepted its responsibility by saying that it was meant as an assault on the upcoming ...

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Fierce exchange of firing between Taliban militants and Afghan Security personnel in main Kabul city in the early hours of Wednesday. UN Foreign staff members reportedly killed in the attack among three suicide attackers. According to Afghan official sources on Wednesday at 6:00 am ,some Taliban militants wearing suicide jackets ...

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KABUL: Gunmen with automatic weapons and suicide vests stormed a guest house used by UN staff in the heart of the Afghan capital early Wednesday, killing 10 people — including six UN staff — officials said. A Taliban spokesman claimed responsibility, saying it was meant as an assault on the upcoming presidential election. Later, a ...

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As Afghans vote, US raises the stakes in war

News Source: Inquirer.net | 3 months ago

DC, United States-Afghanistan's elections come at a pivotal moment for the US-led war effort as Washington pours troops and money into an increasingly ambitious mission with no end in sight. The vote serves in part as a test of US strategy as...
SBS.com.au: Violence threatens Afghan polling stations

News Source: Androscoggin News | 3 months ago

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Bombing in Kabul's Diplomatic Quarter Signals Taliban Intent to Disrupt ...

News Source: Washington Post | 3 months ago

A woman leaves the scene after a car bomb exploded outside NATO Headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Saturday, August 15, 2009. (Nikki Kahn - The Washington Post) Hamid Agha receives medical attention from doctors at Wazir Akbar Khan Hospital...
How did a suicide bomber get to Kabul's NATO headquarters?

News Source: Lexington Herald-Leader | 3 months ago

At least seven people died and 91 others were injured by the explosion, according to a Defense Ministry statement...The wounded also included four Afghan soldiers and Awa Alam Nuristani, a member of parliament and head of President Hamid Karzai's...
Insurgents target NATO HQ in Kabul as vote looms

News Source: The Mercury News | 3 months ago

Kabul on Saturday, killing seven people and wounding nearly 100 in a brazen daylight attack less than a week before Afghanistan's landmark presidential election...Marines pushed deeper into the strategic Helmand province town of Dahaneh for a fourth...
Nato base hit as Taliban strike Kabul

News Source: Guardian Unlimited | 3 months ago

Trooper's death brings Afghanistan fallen to 200 Grim milestone reached when soldier wounded in an explosion in Helmand died in hospital A soldier wounded in an explosion in Afghanistan died last night bringing the British military death toll to the...

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@jimsciuttoABC Explosion was huge, felt it more than a mile away. This is first attack inside capital in months. Afghanistan
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@jimsciuttoABC Suicide car bomber struck near ISAF HQ, AFP reporting 3 dead, 14 injured. Afghanistan
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@stevebruskCNN Explosion comes 5 days before Aghanistan elections. Blast hit at 8:30am local time.
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@stevebruskCNN CNN in breaking news coverage on powerful explosion in Kabul near NATO HQ and US Embassy. Video shows some injured.
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@CharlesMBlow RT @cnni Blast rocks Afghanistan's capital: A huge explosion rocked the Afghan capital, Kabul, early Saturday http://bit.ly/b0mTX
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@idesk iDesk: RT @atiaabawi Explosion in Kabul. Watching smoke rise in an area near ISAF HQ. Still can't pinpoint exact location. #afghanelection
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