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Gunmen Attack Sikh Religious Premises In Afghanistan
Unidentified gunmen and suicide bombers attacked a Sikh religious complex in the Afghan capital of Kabul on Wednesday, and up to 200 people were believed to be trapped inside, a member of parliament said.
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Former Journalist And Cultural Advisor To Afghan Parliament Shot Dead
A former journalist who worked for the Afghan parliament was shot and killed in Kabul on Saturday, an official said, in the latest brazen attack to rock Afghanistan's capital.
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As Afghanistan Votes For A New Parliament, Terror Attacks Leave 170 Dead
Afghan election workers began counting votes on Saturday following a partial legislative ballot tarnished by scores of deadly terror attacks, technical glitches and administrative chaos.
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21 Killed, 45 Wounded In Kabul Twin Blasts, Including Parliament Employees: Official
At least 21 people were killed and 45 wounded in twin bombings near the Afghan parliament in Kabul on Tuesday, a security official told AFP.
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Blast In Kabul Wounds Afghanistan's Member Of Parliament
A bomb attack targeted a member of Afghanistan's parliament in the capital, Kabul, on Wednesday, wounding him and several other people, officials said.
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Rockets Fired At New Afghan Parliament Building In Kabul
Taliban militants fired explosives into Afghanistan's parliament compound on Monday as the top intelligence official and caretaker minister of interior were due to speak, lawmakers and the insurgents said.
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India Flags Concern Over Foreign Fighters' Presence in Afghanistan
In a veiled attack on Pakistan, India has told the UN that it is "obvious" that thousands of foreign fighters in Afghanistan could not have entered it or sustain their terror attacks without support from beyond the war-torn country's borders.
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7 Gunmen Who Attacked Afghanistan Parliament Killed, Taliban Claim Responsibility
Security forces have killed six Taliban suicide bomber who attacked the Afghan parliament on Monday.
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Afghan Member of Parliament Shukria Barakzai Injured But Defiant After Suicide Attack
"I don't want the women of Afghanistan to be scared," she told AFP at her bedside in Kabul.
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Canada Attacks Follow Al Qaeda, Islamic State Instructions to the Tee
While they may not have officially been designated as jihadists, two suspected extremists who killed Canadian soldiers in shooting and driving rampages followed instructions issued by Al Qaeda and the Islamic State group to the letter.
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Afghan leader challenges Taliban "brothers" over attacks
President Hamid Karzai called the Taliban "brothers" on Tuesday and reached out to them to do more for the good of the country after the insurgents carried out multiple attacks in Kabul and elsewhere at the weekend. The deadly strikes on parliament, Kabul's diplomatic quarter and three provinces, had only prolonged the foreign presence in Afghanist...
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Afghans vote for parliament amid threats, attacks
Men in traditional tunics and women covered in sky-blue burqas trickled into polling centers to vote in Afghanistan's parliamentary election Saturday, as scattered attacks and the closure of some voting sites by insurgents underscored the difficulty of trying to hold a vote in a country at war.At least two people were killed in the first hours of p...
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Gunmen Attack Sikh Religious Premises In Afghanistan
Unidentified gunmen and suicide bombers attacked a Sikh religious complex in the Afghan capital of Kabul on Wednesday, and up to 200 people were believed to be trapped inside, a member of parliament said.
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Former Journalist And Cultural Advisor To Afghan Parliament Shot Dead
A former journalist who worked for the Afghan parliament was shot and killed in Kabul on Saturday, an official said, in the latest brazen attack to rock Afghanistan's capital.
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As Afghanistan Votes For A New Parliament, Terror Attacks Leave 170 Dead
Afghan election workers began counting votes on Saturday following a partial legislative ballot tarnished by scores of deadly terror attacks, technical glitches and administrative chaos.
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21 Killed, 45 Wounded In Kabul Twin Blasts, Including Parliament Employees: Official
At least 21 people were killed and 45 wounded in twin bombings near the Afghan parliament in Kabul on Tuesday, a security official told AFP.
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Blast In Kabul Wounds Afghanistan's Member Of Parliament
A bomb attack targeted a member of Afghanistan's parliament in the capital, Kabul, on Wednesday, wounding him and several other people, officials said.
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Rockets Fired At New Afghan Parliament Building In Kabul
Taliban militants fired explosives into Afghanistan's parliament compound on Monday as the top intelligence official and caretaker minister of interior were due to speak, lawmakers and the insurgents said.
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India Flags Concern Over Foreign Fighters' Presence in Afghanistan
In a veiled attack on Pakistan, India has told the UN that it is "obvious" that thousands of foreign fighters in Afghanistan could not have entered it or sustain their terror attacks without support from beyond the war-torn country's borders.
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7 Gunmen Who Attacked Afghanistan Parliament Killed, Taliban Claim Responsibility
Security forces have killed six Taliban suicide bomber who attacked the Afghan parliament on Monday.
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Afghan Member of Parliament Shukria Barakzai Injured But Defiant After Suicide Attack
"I don't want the women of Afghanistan to be scared," she told AFP at her bedside in Kabul.
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Canada Attacks Follow Al Qaeda, Islamic State Instructions to the Tee
While they may not have officially been designated as jihadists, two suspected extremists who killed Canadian soldiers in shooting and driving rampages followed instructions issued by Al Qaeda and the Islamic State group to the letter.
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Afghan leader challenges Taliban "brothers" over attacks
President Hamid Karzai called the Taliban "brothers" on Tuesday and reached out to them to do more for the good of the country after the insurgents carried out multiple attacks in Kabul and elsewhere at the weekend. The deadly strikes on parliament, Kabul's diplomatic quarter and three provinces, had only prolonged the foreign presence in Afghanist...
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Afghans vote for parliament amid threats, attacks
Men in traditional tunics and women covered in sky-blue burqas trickled into polling centers to vote in Afghanistan's parliamentary election Saturday, as scattered attacks and the closure of some voting sites by insurgents underscored the difficulty of trying to hold a vote in a country at war.At least two people were killed in the first hours of p...
