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Kabul (Afghanistan), Oct 14 (EFE/EPA).- Taliban soldiers stand guard in the vicinity of the Serena hotel in Kabul, after the governments of the United States and the United Kingdom warned their nationals that they should avoid hotels in the Afghan capital, especially the Serena.FOOTAGE OF OF SECURITY CHECKPOINTS BY TALIBAN SOLDIERS IN THE VICINITY OF THE SERENA HOTEL IN KABUL, AFGHANISTAN.
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.
A powerful Taliban truck bomb strikes a hotel for foreigners in Kabul, triggering a seven-hour gun-and-bomb assault that highlighted the deteriorating security situation in a capital still reeling from its deadliest attack for 15 years. IMAGES
Kabul's police chief says five people were killed in an attack on a guest house in the capital, including foreign citizens. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
A suicide attack in Kabul targeting employees of Afghanistan's Attorney General 's office killed at least one person, and injured more than a dozen others. Deborah Lutterbeck reports.
Men are seen sitting on the wall of the former US embassy and locals wave flags of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan -- the name given to the country by its new rulers -- across the capital to celebrate the second anniversary of the Taliban government's takeover of the country. IMAGES