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Afghan forces suppressed a suicide attack in the nation’s capital, the latest in a series of hits aimed at high-profile targets.
At least 30 Afghan civilians are wounded in a truck bomb attack on Camp Baron -- a compound for civilian technical contractors near Kabul airport. Jillian Kitchener reports.
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.
Khogyani, Feb 7 (EFE/EPA).- At least one police officer was killed and two others injured Sunday in a suicide car bomb blast that targeted a police post on the outskirts of Khogyani district of Nangarhar province in Afghanistan.The Afghan conflict left more than 2,500 civilian casualties in the last quarter of 2020, with a significant increase in the use of explosive devices, according to the US Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR). (Camera: GHULAMULLAH HABIBI).SHOT LIST: AFGHAN SECURITY OFFICIALS INSPECT THE SCENE OF A SUICIDE CAR BOMB BLAST ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF KHOGYANI DISTRICT OF NANGARHAR PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN.
Dozens of people were wounded with fatalities feared in a Taliban-claimed attack which saw a powerful car bomb rock Kabul early Monday, followed by gunmen who battled special forces in an area housing military and government buildings. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITE
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