Topic: Kabul

Kabul police station attack ends, no casualties

KABUL (Reuters) - An attack on a police station in the west of Kabul on Friday ended without casualties, police and the Interior Ministry said.An attacker threw a hand grenade at the station, ministry spokesman Sediq Sediqqi said on his official Twitter ...

Suicide bombers attack west Kabul police station

KABUL (Reuters) - Several suicide bombers attacked a police station in the west of the Afghan capital Kabul on Friday, a police source said."At least four suicide bombers carried out an attack on a police station," the source said, adding that one ...

How a massacre killed an Afghan family's hope

Tarana dressed up for the holiday in a specially tailored bright green robe, a 12-year-old Afghan girl excited to set off with her family for a religious festival that a decade of war had so far spared.After a suicide bomber ripped apart ...

Tuesday attacks on Afghan Shi'ites killed 80: Karzai

KABUL (Reuters) - Some 80 people died in Tuesday's bomb attacks on Shi'ite Muslim ceremonies in Afghanistan, far higher than the previously reported number, Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Sunday."The numbers I got this morning, it is 80 people who died," he ...
Twin blasts at Afghan shrines on the Shiite holy day of Ashura left at least 59 people dead Tuesday, with most killed in a massive suicide attack in Kabul which ripped through a crowd of worshippers.The attack in the capital, which killed ...

Afghan Shi'ite shrine blast kills 54

KABUL (Reuters) - A suicide bomber attacked a Shi'ite Muslim shrine in Kabul on Tuesday killing at least 54 people in unprecedented sectarian violence a day after Afghanistan's Western allies pledged long-term support once their troops leave.Doctors and police struggled to count ...

Timeline: Major attacks in the Afghan capital

KABUL (Reuters) - Following is a timeline of attacks on government and foreign targets in Kabul since 2008:Dec 6 - A suicide bomber kills 54 people in an attack on a Shi'ite Muslim shrine, where hundreds had gathered for the festival of ...

Afghan Shi'ite shrine blast kills 48

KABUL (Reuters) - A suicide bomber attacked a Shi'ite Muslim shrine in Kabul on Tuesday killing at least 48 people in unprecedented sectarian violence a day after Afghanistan's Western allies pledged long-term support once their troops leave.Doctors and police struggled to count ...

Kabul blast kills 48, more than 100 injured: police

KABUL (Reuters) - At least 48 people, including women and children, were killed in Tuesday's suicide attack on a Shi'ite Muslim shrine in the centre of the Afghan capital Kabul, chief of the city's criminal investigation department Mohammad Zahir said."48 civilians (were) ...

Kabul blast kills around 30, toll expected to rise

KABUL, Reuters (Dec 6) - Around 30 people were killed and 67 others injured when a suicide bomber attacked a Shi'ite Muslim shrine in central Kabul on Tuesday, security and health officials said. The toll is expected to rise."Victims have been transferred ...
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