Kabul Government Ministry

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  Afghan Minister, Haqqani Network Founder's Brother, Killed In Suicide Blast

  The Afghan minister for refugees was killed on Wednesday in a suicide explosion at the ministry's offices in the capital Kabul, a government source told AFP.

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  Four Killed In Kabul Mosque Blast: Government

  A blast during prayers at a mosque in Kabul killed four people on Friday, as the country moved closer towards peace talks, the interior and health ministries said.

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  PM Imran Khan's Comments On Afghanistan Misinterpreted: Pakistan Ministry

  Pakistan's foreign ministry moved on Wednesday to cool a row with Afghanistan over reported comments by Prime Minister Imran Khan that were taken to suggest that Kabul should set up an interim government to help smooth peace talks with the Taliban.

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  As US Plans Troops Pull-Out, 43 Killed In Attack At Afghan Building

  An hours-long gun and suicide attack on a Kabul government compound killed at least 43 people, the health ministry said Tuesday, making it one of the deadliest assaults on the Afghan capital this year.

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  7 Killed In Suicide Attack Near Afghan Ministry In Kabul

  A suicide bomber blew himself up in front of a government ministry in Kabul on Sunday, killing seven people, police said, in the latest deadly violence in Afghanistan.

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  12 Dead, 31 Wounded In Suicide Attack In Kabul, ISIS Claims Responsibility

  At least 12 people were killed and 31 wounded when a suicide attacker blew himself up outside a government ministry in Kabul on Monday, officials said, as employees were leaving their offices early for Ramadan.

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  Rocket Lands Inside Indian Embassy In Kabul, All Staff Safe: Government

  A rocket landed in the premises of Indian Embassy in Kabul this evening, causing minor damage to a structure of the embassy compound, the Ministry of External Affairs said in a tweet, adding that all employees are safe.

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  Over 100 Killed, Wounded In Taliban Attack On Afghan Military Base: Government

  More than 100 Afghan soldiers were killed and wounded in a coordinated Taliban attack on an army base in northern Afghanistan, the country's defence ministry said Saturday.

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  Blast Rocks Afghan Capital, Close To State Buildings, US Embassy

  An explosion rocked central Kabul today and a thick plume of black smoke could be seen rising from near several Afghan government ministries and security agencies, as well as the US embassy in the capital, witnesses and officials said.

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  Afghan Officials Say Government Retakes Kunduz: Taliban Denies

  Afghan officials said government troops recaptured much of the strategic northern city of Kunduz from Taliban insurgents early on Thursday, three days after losing the provincial capital in an embarrassing defeat for Kabul and its U.S. allies.

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  Truck Bomb in Kabul Kills 8, Wounds Nearly 200

  A truck bomb exploded near an army compound in the centre of the Afghan capital today, killing at least eight people and wounding close to 200, police and health ministry officials said.

• Pakistan releases senior Taliban commander: official

  Pakistan on Saturday released its most senior Afghan Taliban detainee, Abdul Ghani Baradar, a senior official of the interior ministry told AFP, in a move Kabul hopes will encourage peace talks with the insurgents.

• Kabul hotel standoff over, all attackers dead: Government

  A Taliban assault on a hotel on the outskirts of Kabul is over, an Afghan interior ministry spokesman said on Friday, almost 12 hours after it began.