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Afghan special forces fight insurgents barricaded in a house near the Indian consulate in Mazar-i-Sharif after an overnight attack. Natasha Howitt reports.
Explosions and gunfire have been heard at the Indian consulate in the Afghan city of Mazar. Rough Cut - subtitled (no reporter narration).
Men carrying guns and locals gather around empty stretchers outside the entrance to Emergency Hospital in Kabul after two powerful explosions outside Kabul airport killed as many as 20 people. The attack came just hours after Western nations warned of an imminent terror threat and as thousands of people gathered hoping for a flight out of Taliban-controlled Afghanistan. IMAGES
Afghan soldiers stand guard beside burnt-out cars and damaged buildings in the aftermath of Tuesday's gun and bomb attack in the capital Kabul. At least four people were killed and 20 others wounded in the attack that targeted the country's defence minister and some lawmakers, according to security officials. IMAGES
Helmand, May 5 (EFE/EPA).- At least 106 Taliban fighters were killed and another 37 injured over the last 24 hours in a counterattack by the security forces in Afghanistan's southwestern Helmand province in response to an ongoing large-scale attack by the insurgents since the weekend. The Taliban have significantly ramped up attacks across the country immediately after the United States and NATO forces began the last phase of their pull out of the country on May 1. (Camera: WATAN YAR).SHOT LIST: CITIZENS LEAVE THE CITY OF HELMAND AFTER ONGOING ATTACKS BY INSURGENTS IN HELMAND, AFGHANISTAN.