Kabul Parliament Attack

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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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  Taliban Attack Near Afghan Parliament Kills More Than 30

  A Taliban suicide attack in the Afghan capital Kabul on Tuesday killed more than 30 people and wounded some 70 others, as twin blasts hit a crowded area of the city during the afternoon rush hour.

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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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  Taliban Claims Responsibility For Twin Blasts Near Parliament In Kabul

  A suicide bomber blew himself up near parliament offices in the Afghan capital on Tuesday, an attack that was followed immediately by a car bomber in an apparently coordinated operation, officials said.

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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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  Afghan 'Hero Soldier' of Parliament Attack Arrested in Traffic Death

  An Afghan soldier hailed as a hero for defending parliament from a Taliban assault has been arrested after a fatal traffic accident in Kabul involving a car he had been given as a reward, the Ministry of Interior said on Thursday.

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  Soldier's Heroics Lift Gloom for Afghans Tired of Taliban Attacks

  Essa Khan was just another Afghan soldier, until he was lionized by the media for shooting dead several Taliban gunmen who tried to storm the country's parliament which was in full session at the time.

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  UN Security Council Condemns Attack on Afghan Parliament

  The UN Security Council condemned the attack by Taliban insurgents on the Afghan parliament in Kabul, denouncing the "blatant disrespect to democracy."

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  Afghan Forces Recapture Key District From Taliban

  Afghan government forces regained control of a key district near the northern city of Kunduz today, after Taliban fighters had threatened to capture a provincial capital for the first time since being driven from power in 2001.

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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 Parliament Attacked, Taliban Claim Responsibility

  A huge explosion rocked the Afghan parliament in Kabul on Monday, triggering chaos in the smoke-filled building as lawmakers ran for cover, live television footage showed.

• Suicide Attack on Afghan Lawmaker Kills 3 in Kabul

  An Afghan member of parliament survived a targeted suicide attack in Kabul on Sunday but three people including a child were killed and eight others injured, police and government sources said.

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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.