Kabul

Policeman, four gunmen killed in Kabul Taliban attack

25 May 2013

Explosions and gunfire rocked central Kabul on Friday as the Taliban launched a major attack close to an Afghan intelligence facility and the headquarters of a government force that protects...

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Three British soldiers killed in Afghanistan

1 May 2013

Three Nato troops killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan were British, officials said on Wednesday.

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Suicide bomb rocks Kabul during Hagel's visit

9 Mar 2013

A large suicide bomb exploded near the defence ministry in central Kabul during a visit to the Afghan capital on Saturday by new US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel, officials said.

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Suicide attack on Kabul army bus wounds six

27 Feb 2013

A suicide attacker blew himself up next to a bus carrying army personnel in the Afghan capital on Wednesday, wounding at least six people, officials said.

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Briefs, January 17, 2013

17 Jan 2013

Dozens killed in wave of violence in Iraq

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Fire destroys market in Afghanistan capital

23 Dec 2012

A huge fire swept through a market in downtown Kabul on Sunday, destroying hundreds of shops and forcing the city’s nearby money exchange to evacuate, police and witnesses said.

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Opinion

Howard Winn

Ferry companies shouldn't be subsidised while they burn dirty fuel

2:53AM

Shirley Yam

What were our top officials doing to let HKMEx fail?

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Suicide blast hits near US base in Afghan capital

Two Taliban suicide bombers struck near a US base in Kabul early on Wednesday, killing two Afghan guards in the heart of a neighbourhood filled with foreign forces and embassies.

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Newborn baby among six killed in Afghan blast

A mother and her newborn baby were among six family members killed in a roadside bombing in eastern Afghanistan overnight, police and witnesses said on Sunday.

8:02PM

Kabul publishes mining and energy contracts

The Afghan government has released details of scores of mining and energy contracts, including a major Chinese deal, in an effort to counter rampant corruption and bribery of officials that...

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AFGHANISTAN

Afghan police burn 24 tonnes of narcotics on outskirts of Kabul

Afghan counternarcotics police poured petrol on more than 24 tonnes of narcotics and other illegal substances, then set the pile ablaze on the outskirts of Kabul, officials said.

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AFGHANISTAN

Suicide attack in Kabul leaves 12 dead

A suicide car bomber on Tuesday killed 12 people, nine of them foreigners, officials said, in an early-morning attack claimed by a militant group which said it struck to avenge an anti-Islam film...

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Lin Gendi

CALCULATED RISK I've been a businesswoman all my life and came to Afghanistan in 2003 because some friends were here. I didn't want to run a restaurant in the beginning and opened a shop in Kabul...

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