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25 Dec 2011

Suicide bomber strikes Afghan funeral, killing parliament member and 18 others

A suicide bomber blew himself up Sunday just after a funeral in northern Afghanistan, killing 19 people, including a member of the national parliament, the Interior Ministry said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility. Over the past year, the Taliban have repeatedly struck at officials and other prominent figures in an apparent effort to paralyze the government. In September, a suicide attacker killed Burhanuddin Rabbani, a former Afghan president and head of the nation s peace council.
A suicide bomber blew himself up Sunday just after a funeral in northern Afghanistan, killing 19 people, including a...
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6 Dec 2011

Suicide Bombers Kill Scores of Shiite Worshipers in Afghanistan

At least 58 people were killed and scores wounded after bombers struck Shiite religious observances on Tuesday in three cities, detonating explosives amid crowds of worshipers in the first such sectarian attacks in a decade of war in Afghanistan.
At least 58 people were killed and scores wounded after bombers struck Shiite religious observances on Tuesday in three...
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10 Nov 2011

Haqqani network suspected in suicide attack on Afghan office

A team of suicide bombers attacked a government district center in eastern Afghanistan on Thursday, killing three police officers and demonstrating insurgents determination to keep up the pressure on NATO and Afghan forces in the volatile region bordering Pakistan.
A team of suicide bombers attacked a government district center in eastern Afghanistan on Thursday, killing three police...
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3 Nov 2011

Afghanistan ‘suicide attack’ hits city of Herat

Militants have carried out a suicide gun and bomb attack on a private construction company in the western Afghan city of Herat, officials say. Two guards were killed and four other people wounded, the officials say, with the fighting now said to be over.
Militants have carried out a suicide gun and bomb attack on a private construction company in the western Afghan city of...
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20 Sep 2011

Afghan Peace Council Chief Killed in Attack on His Home

The most prominent Afghan official trying to negotiate a reconciliation with the Taliban was assassinated Tuesday night by a suicide bomber with explosives tucked in his turban who had been brought to his home by a trusted emissary, officials said. The assassination was a potentially devastating blow to the Afghan-led peace process aimed at ending 10 years of war.
The most prominent Afghan official trying to negotiate a reconciliation with the Taliban was assassinated Tuesday night...
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24 Aug 2011

Karzai Denounces Use of Child Suicide Bombers

Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Wednesday denounced the use of child suicide bombers, saying that militants who recruit them to wage terror are "oppressors of Islam" and "oppressors of children."
Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Wednesday denounced the use of child suicide bombers, saying that militants who recruit...
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28 Jul 2011

Suicide Bombers Attack Tirin Kot, Afghanistan

A team of three to six suicide bombers orchestrated a surprise attack Thursday on the government compound and two other compounds in the capital of southern Afghanistan s Oruzgan Province, killing at least 19 people - including several women and children in a hospital maternity ward - and wounding at least 37, according to hospital officials there.
A team of three to six suicide bombers orchestrated a surprise attack Thursday on the government compound and two other...
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13 Jul 2011

French soldiers killed in Afghanistan attack

At least five French soldiers have been killed, along with one civilian, in a suicide attack in Afghanistan, Nicolas Sarkozy, France's president, has said. Four other soldiers were seriously wounded in Wednesday's incident in Joybar in the country's eastern Tagab valley, Sarkozy said in a statement a day after he returned home from a visit to the country.
At least five French soldiers have been killed, along with one civilian, in a suicide attack in Afghanistan, Nicolas...
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29 Jun 2011

Kabul hotel attack Nato helicopters kill Taliban

Nato helicopters were called in to kill three militants to end a five-hour clash by suicide bombers and gunmen on a hotel in the Afghan capital, Kabul. The attack on the Intercontinental Hotel, frequented by Westerners, left six more attackers, two police and 11 civilians, including a Spaniard dead
Nato helicopters were called in to kill three militants to end a five-hour clash by suicide bombers and gunmen on a...
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27 Jun 2011

Taliban say husband and wife in Pakistan suicide attack

A husband and wife carried out a suicide attack that killed eight people at a police station in north-western Pakistan, the Taliban has said. he attack took place late on Saturday in Kolachi, near the tribal region and Taliban stronghold of South Waziristan.
A husband and wife carried out a suicide attack that killed eight people at a police station in north-western Pakistan,...
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28 May 2011

Afghanistan Suicide blast kills top police commander

The police commander for northern Afghanistan has been killed in a suicide bomb attack on the provincial governor's compound in Takhar. Gen Mohammad Daud Daud is one of at least six people killed in the attack, claimed by the Taliban.
The police commander for northern Afghanistan has been killed in a suicide bomb attack on the provincial governor's...
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21 May 2011

Kabul hospital hit by suicide bomber

A suicide bomb attack on a hospital in the Afghan capital, Kabul, has left six people dead and 23 wounded. The bomber detonated his device in a tent in the grounds of Charsad Bestar Hospital where medical students were eating lunch.
A suicide bomb attack on a hospital in the Afghan capital, Kabul, has left six people dead and 23 wounded. The bomber...
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19 May 2011

Many dead in Afghan bus bombing

At least 13 people have been killed and 20 others injured after a suicide bomber hit a minibus carrying police cadets in eastern Afghanistan, a government spokesman has said. The attack took place at around 4:45 pm (1215 GMT) in the eastern province of Nangarhar, just outside the city of Jalalabad.
At least 13 people have been killed and 20 others injured after a suicide bomber hit a minibus carrying police cadets in...
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1 May 2011

Deadly start to Taliban ‘spring offensive’

The Taliban has killed five people and injured 12 others in two attacks staged on the first day of its newly launched 'spring offensive', Afghan officials said. A suicide bomber detonated his explosive-packed vest at a bazaar in the Barmal district of Paktika province, which is on the Afghan-Pakstani border, the interior ministry said in a statement on Sunday.
The Taliban has killed five people and injured 12 others in two attacks staged on the first day of its newly launched...
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13 Apr 2011

Bomber kills Kunar elder Malik Zarin

A suicide bomber has killed at least 10 people in an attack on tribal elders in eastern Afghanistan, the interior ministry has said. Pro-government tribal elder Haji Malik Zarin was killed in the blast in Kunar province near the Pakistan border.
A suicide bomber has killed at least 10 people in an attack on tribal elders in eastern Afghanistan, the interior...
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26 Feb 2011

Suicide Bomb Attack Continues Afghan Trend

A playing field in a remote area of northwest Afghanistan where a crowd had gathered was the most recent target for a suicide bomber who detonated himself on Saturday, in the seventh suicide attack in Afghanistan in less than a month.
A playing field in a remote area of northwest Afghanistan where a crowd had gathered was the most recent target for a...
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19 Feb 2011

Taliban attack on Afghan bank

Gunmen dressed as border police have killed at least 18 people and wounded more than 70 in an attack on a bank in the main city in Afghanistan's east, witnesses and government officials have said. Al Jazeera has learned that at least seven suicide bombers stormed a branch of the Kabul Bank in Jalalabad city on Saturday and detonated their explosives.
Gunmen dressed as border police have killed at least 18 people and wounded more than 70 in an attack on a bank in the...
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11 Feb 2011

Many die in Pakistan suicide blast

At least 30 soldiers have been killed and 18 others wounded in an explosion inside an army recruitment centre in northwest Pakistan
At least 30 soldiers have been killed and 18 others wounded in an explosion inside an army recruitment centre in...
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2 Jun 2010

Taliban Attacks Shake Afghan Peace Gathering

KABUL, Afghanistan - As rockets landed nearby and suicide attackers detonated explosives, President Hamid Karzai opened a national consultative peace assembly on Wednesday morning with the goal of winning popular backing for his plan to persuade Taliban and insurgent foot soldiers to stop fighting.
KABUL, Afghanistan - As rockets landed nearby and suicide attackers detonated explosives, President Hamid Karzai opened...
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26 Feb 2010

Guesthouses Used by Foreigners in Kabul Hit in Deadly Attacks

KABUL, Afghanistan- A complex suicide and car-bomb attack in the heart of Kabul on Friday showed the continued ability of the Taliban to stage sophisticated operations in the heavily guarded capital, with the aim of undermining international support for the Afghan war.
KABUL, Afghanistan- A complex suicide and car-bomb attack in the heart of Kabul on Friday showed the continued ability...
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