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Suicide attack foiled in Kabul; bomber shot dead

A vehicle-borne suicide attacker has been shot dead by police before he could reach his target in the capital Kabul, the Ministry of Interior said on Monday. A statement from MoI said the suicide bomber in an explosives-laden…

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3 police injured in car bomb attack

CHARIKAR forces convoy in Bagram district of central Parwan province late on Monday, injuring three Afghan policemen, an official said. The suicide attack on the coalition forces took place in Qala Nasro area at about 6pm, the Bagram district chief,…

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2 US soldiers wounded in Nangarhar suicide attack

Two US soldiers were wounded when a NATO forces’ convoy came under a suicide attack in Behsud district of eastern Nangarhar province on Monday, an official said.  The Nangharhar governor’s spokesman, Attaullah Khogyani, told Pajhwok Afghan News the car…

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30 police cadets killed, 58 wounded in twin Paghman blasts

KABUL bomb attack in Paghman district of central Kabul province. The ministry in a statement said the newly-graduated police cadets were heading to Kabul from a training centre in central Maidan Wardak province when they came under attack on the…

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2 Indians among the dead in Kabul suicide bombing

KABUL Affairs (MEA) confirmed on Tuesday. "We have learnt that two Indian nationals, Ganesh Thapa and Govind Singh from Dehradun died tragically in the blast in Kabul today morning," MEA official spokesperson Vikas Swarup said in a tweet. Twelve Nepalese…

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Suicide bombing thwarted in Paktika’s Urgon town

Police and intelligence officials foiled a possible suicide bombing in Urgon district of southeastern Paktika province on Tuesday, an official said. Police chief Khalilullah Ziae told Pajhwok Afghan News security officials captured a suicide bomber in a car…

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UNAMA condemns attack on court employees

KABUL (UNAMA) on Wednesday condemned a suicide attack that killed 11 civilians and injured 10 others in an outlying western suburb of Kabul. The suicide bomber detonated against a shuttle bus transporting employees of the Maidan Wardak provincial court in…

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11 killed in Taliban suicide attack on court workers

At least 11 people were killed and eight others wounded in a suicide attack on a bus carrying court employees in Kabul on Wednesday morning, an official said. Col. Faridoon Obaidi, the crime branch chief for the 101st…

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4 killed, 12 wounded in Nadali suicide attack

At least four people killed and 12 others wounded in a car suicide bombing on Afghan Local Police (ALP) academy in Nadali district of southern Helmand province Saturday, an official said. Governor’s spokesman, Omar Zwak, told Pajhwok Afghan…

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1 ALP member killed, several wounded in suicide attack

A suicide bomber blew himself up in front of a clinic in the Ghanikhel district of eastern Nangarhar province on Thursday,, officials said. The governor’s media office confirmed the explosion occurred near a clinic in the district. However,…

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Presidential advisor survives suicide attack in Helmand

A presidential advisor survived a suicide bombing in southern Helmand province, but two people were killed and as many others wounded on Sunday, an official said. Omar Zwak, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News the blast took…

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Taliban bomber kills 13 Afghan army recruits on bus

More a dozen Afghan army’s new recruits were killed and another 38 wounded on Monday in a suicide attack on their bus in Sara Rud district of eastern Nangarhar province, an official said. The attack took place in…

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Taliban bomber kills 13 Afghan army recruits on bus

More a dozen Afghan army’s new recruits were killed and another 38 wounded on Monday in a suicide attack on their bus in Sara Rud district of eastern Nangarhar province, an official said. The attack took place in…

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At least 7 dead, 25 wounded in Parwan suicide attack

At least seven civilians were killed and 25 others wounded in a suicide attack in the Siah Gird district of central Parwan province on Tuesday, an official said. Deputy Governor Shah Wali Shahid, visiting the injured at the…

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17 dead in suicide attack outside Charsadda court

At least 17 people were killed on Monday when a suicide bomber blew himself up outside a court’s compound in the Charsadda district of Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. The bomber detonated his explosives when a security official prevented him…

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Kabul suicide attack toll revised: 15 dead, 31 injured

KABUL, were killed and more than 30 others wounded in a suicide bombing in Kabul on Saturday, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) said on Sunday, revising the toll. The attacker blew himself up in front of the MoD entrance at…

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Mostly poor hawkers killed in Kunar suicide attack

Most of the 13 people killed in Saturday’s suicide attack in eastern Kunar province were roadside vendors, officials and eyewitnesses said. Another 40 people, mostly civilians, were wounded in the attack that took place in Shahidan square near…

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5 security personnel killed in Sangin suicide bombing

One Afghan National Army (ANA) soldier was killed and another wounded in a suicide attack in the Sangin district of southern Helmand province on Saturday, officials said. The attack took place at around 5am near the ANA base…

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3 ANA soldiers killed, 18 wounded in Balkh suicide attack

At least three Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers were killed and 18others injured on Monday morning when a suicide bomber hit their vehicle in Mazar-i-Sahrif, the provincial capital of northern Balkh province, an official and witnesses said. The suicide attack…

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7 killed, 25 injured as bomber hits media van in Kabul

KABUL, were killed and another 25 sustained injuries on Wednesday evening when a suicide bomber struck a minibus carrying employees of a local TV channel near the Russian embassy in Kabul, officials said. Kabul police chief Abdul Rahman said the…

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11 dead, as many wounded as Jalalabad attack ends

Seven security officials and three attackers were killed and another 11 people were wounded on Wednesday morning following a suicide attack and a gun-battle that lasted four hours near the Pakistani consulate in eastern Nangarhar province. Local officials…

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Kabul suicide bombing leaves 1 dead, 33 injured

One person was killed and more than 30 others, including children, were wounded in a suicide attack in the limits of the 9th police district of Kabul Monday morning, an official said. The bombing took place in the…

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Bagram attack won’t affect our mission in Afghanistan: US

The Obama administration Monday condemned the terrorist attack at the Bagram airport, saying the incident would not affect its counter-terrorism mission in Afghanistan. “The United States condemns this cowardly attack on members of the US and Afghan forces,…

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6 American soldiers killed in Bagram suicide bombing

CHARIKAR soldiers were killed and another three wounded as a result of a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device attack in Bagram district of central Parwan province on Monday, the alliance confirmed.  “We’re deeply saddened by this loss,” said Brig. Gen. Wilson…

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