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A car bomb explosion claimed by the Taliban in Kabul on Saturday killed at least two civilians, as the militants maintain pressure on the capital amid growing calls for peace talks. IMAGES
Kabul, Aug 29 (EFE/EPA).- The Taliban confirmed a deadly US drone attack on Sunday, an airstrike targeting a vehicle driving near the Kabul airport and killing at least six civilians.The drone strike was carried out after an earlier explosion, also in the vicinity of the terminal, although the relationship between the two incidents - if any - is not yet clear."Now, we can confirm that US forces carried out an air attack against a suspicious automobile and destroyed it. The information now indicates that there were three people in the automobile," Taliban spokesman Bilal Karimi told EFE. (Camera: STRINGER). B-ROLL OF THE DAMAGE AT THE SCENE OF THE ATTACK NEAR KABUL AIRPORT, KABUL, AFGHANISTAN.
Only one suicide bomber carried out the deadly attack at the Kabul airport, General Hank Taylor says at a Pentagon briefing, correcting an earlier assessment that there were two bombers and two separate explosions. "We do not believe that there was a second explosion at or near the Baron Hotel, that it was one suicide bomber," Taylor says. SOUNDBITE
Kabul, Aug 4 (EFE/EPA).- The Taliban Wednesday claimed the suicide attack on the Kabul residence of Defense Minister Bismillah Khan Mohammadi that left eight civilians dead a day ago.The minister was not home when militants triggered a car bomb followed by gunfire by four Taliban fighters outside his residence near the heavily fortified Green Zone of Kabul Tuesday evening. (Camera: JAWED KARGAR).SHOT LIST: THE AFTERTMATH OF THE BOMBING AT THE HOUSE OF ACTING DEFENSE MINISTER GEN. BISMILLAH MOHAMMADI, IN KABUL, AFGHANISTAN.
Kabul, Apr 20 (EFE/EPA).- Security officials informed Tuesday of a suicide bomber targeting an Afghan security forces convoy in Kabul. At least 2 people were killed and 5 were injured in the incident. (Camera: JAWED KARGAR)SHOT LIST: THE SCENE OF A SUICIDE BOMB THAT TARGETED AN AFGHAN SECURITY FORCES CONVOY IN KABUL, AFGHANISTAN.