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US citizen killed in Kabul embassy shooting

One US citizen was killed and another wounded in a shooting at a US embassy annex in Kabul late Sunday, the embassy said on Monday.

"There was a shooting incident at an annex of the US embassy in Kab

Loud blast in Kabul near US embassy, ex Afghan leader's home

A loud explosion rocked Kabul on Tuesday close to the US embassy and the home of an Afghan former president who now leads the country's efforts to talk peace with the Taliban, a media reporter said.

US suspects ISI behind Kabul embassy attack: Report

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US suspects that Pakistan's powerful spy agency ISI could be behind the attack on its embassy in Kabul this week and is looking for direct evidence in this regard.

A senior US defence official said

Nato, Afghan forces capture Kabul attacks suspects

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Nato and Afghan forces have captured at least two suspects linked to a dramatic Taliban assault on the US embassy and Nato headquarters in Kabul, the transatlantic alliance said on Thursday.

14 dead as Kabul siege ends: officials

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Officials raised the death toll in a 19-hour siege in Kabul to 14 on Wednesday as the Afghan government announced the violence had come to an end with the killing of two insurgents.

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Taliban mount attack in Kabul, including Nato HQ

The Taliban launched an attack on the centre of the Afghan capital on Tuesday, hitting Nato's coalition force headquarters next to the US embassy in Kabul.

Twin suicide blasts rock Kabul

Two large explosions rocked the Afghan capital Kabul near a hotel popular with Westerners and the home of the vice president on Friday in what police said was a double suicide attack.

"There have bee

Sarkozy heads to Afghanistan to see French troops: source

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French President Nicolas Sarkozy arrives in Afghanistan's Kapisa region on Tuesday to visit French troops, a source at the Elysee told the media.

This his third visit to the battle-scarred country si

Ten dead in Kabul hotel attack: police chief

Ten people, all Afghan civilians, were killed in a Taliban attack on a leading hotel in the Afghan capital Kabul, police said Wednesday.

"Unfortunately as a result of this terrorist attack, 10 of our

Nato helicopters end Kabul hotel siege, 10 killed

Afghan police sifted through one of Kabul’s landmark hotels room by room on Wednesday for any more casualties or security threats after an overnight assault by at least six Taliban suicide bombers killed 10 Afghan civilians.

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