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Kabul, Aug 28 (EFE/EPA)-. The Kabul airport attack, in which at least 170 people were killed in a suicide bombing at the gates of the terminal during evacuations, is not just the first attack since Afghanistan fell into the hands of the Taliban but is also being seen as the first major failure of the Islamist regime.Despite security warnings by foreign governments and intelligence reports, scenes from the airport after the attack - with dozens of dead bodies scattered around - have made it appear that the fundamentalists are incapable of securing the country from terrorist threats. (Camera: ARCHIVE).ARCHIVE FOOTAGE THE AFTERMATH OF THE DOUBLE SUICIDE ATTACK AT KABUL INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN KABUL, AFGHANISTAN.
Kabul, Jun 23 (EFE/EPA).- The Taliban have captured three more Afghan districts in their swift offensive in which they have overrun large swathes of territory and forced hundreds of government troops to surrender.Sources told EFE that Afghan army soldiers made “tactical” retreats from Patan in Paktia, Ab-band in Ghazni, and Khash in Badakhshan provinces in the past 24 hours since Tuesday morning.The Taliban captured an army base in the southern Ghazi province after three days of a heavy battle, leaving 28 Afghan soldiers dead or injured. (Camera: M. SADIQ/GHULLAMULLAH HABIBI).SHOT LIST: VICTIMS OF A CAR BOMBING IN A HOSPITAL IN KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN.
Kabul, Mar 13 (EFE).- At least eight people were killed and 54 injured in a car bomb explosion close to a police check-post and civilian houses in Afghanistan's eastern Herat province, authorities said on Saturday.(Camera: JALIL REZAYEE)SHOT LIST: AFTERMATH OF THE CAR BOMB BLAST IN HERAT, AFGHANISTAN.
Kandahar, Nov 9 (EFE/EPA).- At least ten people were killed, mostly civilians, and another 32 were injured in a Taliban attack with a truck loaded with explosives that targeted a security forces base in southern Afghanistan, but which nonetheless affected mostly neighboring houses and shops.(Camera: MUHAMMAD SADIQ)SHOT LIST: VICTIMS OF THE TALIBAN ATTACK IN MAIWAND DISTRICT, PROVINCE OF KANDAHAR IN SOUTHERN AFGHANISTAN.
Two U.S. service members and over 30 civilians, including women and children, were killed in air strikes in Kunduz on Thursday. The air strikes were called in to protect U.S. and local troops in clashes against the Taliban.
At least 28 were killed and more than 300 wounded after a Taliban suicide attack in Kabul. Julie Noce reports.