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US NATO contractors among 12 killed by Kabul car bomb

Three American NATO contractors were among at least 12 people killed in a suicide car bombing in Kabul on Saturday. Children were among dozens of

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Taliban suicide bomber strikes near Kabul airport

At least five killed in latest in a spate of attacks on the Afghan capital.

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Afghanistan: 29 more deaths in a suicide attack

The Afghan Interior Ministry has condemned a suicide attack in northern Afghanistan as a “heinous act”. Officials say the 29 people killed by the car

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More than 50 dead in Kabul bomb attacks

The NATO-led mission in Afghanistan says eight civilians have been killed, along with one of its service members, after a special forces base was

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Afghanistan: Truck bomb kills eight and injures hundreds

A powerful truck bomb killed at least eight people and wounded hundreds in the Afghan capital, Kabul, on Friday. There was no immediate claim of

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Afghanistan wedding party ends in massacre

At least 22 people are reported dead after armed men opened fire at a wedding ceremony in northern Afghanistan. It happened at Deh Salah district in

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Afghanistan hit by wave of bomb attacks

Afghanistan is reeling from a wave of bomb attacks over the past two days. First a suicide car bomber killed 33 people on Sunday near a military base

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Six gunmen dead in co-ordinated Taliban attack on Afghanistan parliament in Kabul

An attack on the Afghanistan parliament in Kabul has come to an end. Officials say six gunmen were killed and nineteen people wounded. The

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Taliban claim attack on Afghan parliament

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At least nine killed in Afghan Taliban attack on Kabul guest house

The sound of gunfire rang out in the Afghan capital Kabul as police battled to take control after a Taliban attack on a guest house popular with

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ISIL blamed for Afghanistan attack

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has blamed ISIL for Saturday's suicide bombing in the eastern city of Jalalabad.

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At least 5 dead in Afghan court attack

Afghan officials say at least five people were killed when gunmen stormed a government compound in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif. Unconfirmed

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Two people wounded in Afghan capital explosion

Two people have been injured in a blast from a bomb attached to a vehicle in the Afghan capital Kabul. The city’s police chief gave no further

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Militants attack bank in southern Afghanistan

At least seven people have died and dozens others were wounded when suspected Taliban militants attacked a bank in the south of Afghanistan

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Death toll rises in Afghanistan as Taliban step up attacks

More signs in Afghanistan that the security situation is far from stable with a suicide bomb attack in Kabul on a bus carrying soldiers. Six were

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Afghanistan: Fifty dead after suicide attack during volleyball match

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Afghanistan: Taliban insurgents attack guest house used by foreigners in Kabul