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Added on the 19/04/2016 09:30:00 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Afghan forces suppressed a suicide attack in the nation’s capital, the latest in a series of hits aimed at high-profile targets.
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.
Iraqi security forces cordon off the site of a rare suicide attack that hit a commercial street in central Baghdad. State television reported that there were "dead and wounded" without giving any figures. IMAGES
At least five people are killed when a suicide bomber on foot strikes near the Afghan defence ministry in Kabul in an attack that was claimed by the Islamic State group. IMAGES
The clear-up operation begins in Kabul after simultaneous Taliban suicide assaults on two security compounds killed 16 people on Wednesday. IMAGES
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).