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Kabul's Former 'Green Zone' Abandoned As Diplomats Flee Afghan Capital
Kabul's former diplomatic quarter fell silent on Monday as foreign missions were moved to the airport, leaving Taliban patrols in control of the fortified zone of concrete blast walls and checkpoints known as the Green Zone.
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150 People Dead In Last Week's Kabul Truck Bomb Attack: Afghan President
The death toll from a devastating truck bomb in Kabul's diplomatic quarter last week has jumped to more than 150, President Ashraf Ghani told an international peace conference in the capital on Tuesday.
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80 Killed In Kabul Blast, Afghan Says 'ISI Assisted Attack'
At least 80 people were killed and over 350 wounded in a suicide car bombing in Kabul's diplomatic quarter on Wednesday morning, a few hundred metres from the Indian embassy.
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Bicycle Bomb In Kabul Embassy District Injures One
A loud explosion jolted the diplomatic quarter of Afghanistan's capital on Friday evening, breaking a rare period of calm in Kabul.
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Attacks On Kabul's Diplomatic Quarter
At least six people were killed in a Taliban siege near the Spanish embassy in Kabul's diplomatic quarter that ended on Saturday, the latest insurgent attack in the highly fortified area.
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Gunbattle at Kabul Diplomatic Quarter Ends With 4 Attackers Killed: Government
Gunfire and explosions rang out Wednesday in a diplomatic quarter of Kabul as security forces waged an all-night battle with Taliban militants who tried to storm a guesthouse owned by a prominent political family.
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Afghan Insurgents Launch Late-Night Attack on Kabul Guesthouse
Heavily armed insurgents stormed a guesthouse in the diplomatic quarter of Kabul late on Tuesday night and were still resisting Afghan security forces more than five hours after the assault began.
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Explosion, Gunfire Heard in Diplomatic Quarter of Afghan Capital
An explosion shook houses in the diplomatic quarter of the Afghan capital on Thursday evening and was followed by heavy gunfire that could still be heard an hour later, according to Reuters witnesses and security officials.
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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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Kabul's Former 'Green Zone' Abandoned As Diplomats Flee Afghan Capital
Kabul's former diplomatic quarter fell silent on Monday as foreign missions were moved to the airport, leaving Taliban patrols in control of the fortified zone of concrete blast walls and checkpoints known as the Green Zone.
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150 People Dead In Last Week's Kabul Truck Bomb Attack: Afghan President
The death toll from a devastating truck bomb in Kabul's diplomatic quarter last week has jumped to more than 150, President Ashraf Ghani told an international peace conference in the capital on Tuesday.
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80 Killed In Kabul Blast, Afghan Says 'ISI Assisted Attack'
At least 80 people were killed and over 350 wounded in a suicide car bombing in Kabul's diplomatic quarter on Wednesday morning, a few hundred metres from the Indian embassy.
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Bicycle Bomb In Kabul Embassy District Injures One
A loud explosion jolted the diplomatic quarter of Afghanistan's capital on Friday evening, breaking a rare period of calm in Kabul.
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Attacks On Kabul's Diplomatic Quarter
At least six people were killed in a Taliban siege near the Spanish embassy in Kabul's diplomatic quarter that ended on Saturday, the latest insurgent attack in the highly fortified area.
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Gunbattle at Kabul Diplomatic Quarter Ends With 4 Attackers Killed: Government
Gunfire and explosions rang out Wednesday in a diplomatic quarter of Kabul as security forces waged an all-night battle with Taliban militants who tried to storm a guesthouse owned by a prominent political family.
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Afghan Insurgents Launch Late-Night Attack on Kabul Guesthouse
Heavily armed insurgents stormed a guesthouse in the diplomatic quarter of Kabul late on Tuesday night and were still resisting Afghan security forces more than five hours after the assault began.
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Explosion, Gunfire Heard in Diplomatic Quarter of Afghan Capital
An explosion shook houses in the diplomatic quarter of the Afghan capital on Thursday evening and was followed by heavy gunfire that could still be heard an hour later, according to Reuters witnesses and security officials.
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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...
