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Afghans run for cover at the site of the attack in Kabul

Taliban attack on Kabul airport ends

A Taliban attack on Kabul airport ended this morning, more than four hours after it began.

Smoke billows from the scene of the fire

NATO fuel tankers destroyed in Afghanistan

Taliban insurgents set fire to about 200 oil tanker trucks supplying fuel for NATO forces in an attack just outside the Afghan capital Kabul, police said.

News • 05 Jul 14

hospital attendants help a patient at the gate of the Cure Hospital

Three US citizens killed in Kabul shooting

Three US citizens have been killed after a guard at an Afghan hospital run by a US charity opened fire on staff.

News • 24 Apr 14

Afghan civilians flee after an Afghan election commission office is attacked by militants

Militants attack Kabul election office

Militants launched a gun and suicide attack on an Afghan election commission office in Kabul, less than two weeks before the presidential poll.

News • 25 Mar 14

The Serena Hotel usually has dozens of armed guards patrolling its perimeter

Nine killed in attack on luxury Afghan hotel

Taliban gunmen yesterday killed nine people, including four foreigners, in an attack on a luxury hotel used by United Nations staff in Kabul.

News • 21 Mar 14

Nils Horner was shot outside a Lebanese restaurant in Kabul

Swedish journalist shot dead in Kabul

A Swedish radio journalist, who also held British citizenship, was shot dead in Kabul this morning by an unknown gunman.

News • 11 Mar 14

The long-established Taverna has been a regular dining spot for foreign diplomats, consultants, aid workers and Afghans, and was busy with customers yesterday, the weekly holiday in Afghanistan

21 confirmed dead in Afghan restaurant attack

A total of 21 people, including 13 foreigners, have been confirmed dead after a Taliban suicide assault on a popular restaurant in Kabul.

News • 18 Jan 14

Hamid Karzai told tribal elders there was little trust between the US and Afghanistan

Little trust between US and Afghanistan - Karzai

Afghan President Hamid Karzai told a meeting of tribal elders and political leaders they should support a security pact with the US, but acknowledged there was little trust between the two nations.

News • 21 Nov 13

The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack

Six killed in Afghanistan attack

Six people have been killed in an attack on a foreign logistics and supply company in Afghanistan.

News • 02 Jul 13

Afghan security forces keep watch as schoolgirls walk near the entrance gate of the presidential palace in the aftermath of attack

Taliban attack in secure zone in Afghanistan

Taliban militants attacked key buildings near Afghanistan's presidential palace and the US CIA headquarters in Kabul early this morning.

News • 25 Jun 13

Four US troops died last night after an attack on a base in Afghanistan

US talks with Taliban expected imminently

US talks with the Taliban are likely to be held within the "next few days" in Qatar, a senior US official said tonight.

News • 19 Jun 13

A convoy of vehicles was targeted by a suicide bomber

15 killed in suicide bomb attack in Kabul

A suicide bomber in a car attacked a convoy of foreign troops in Kabul today, killing at least 15 people including six Americans, Afghan and foreign officials said.

News • 16 May 13

At least 53 people were killed in Afghan compound attack

Gunmen attack government compound in Afghanistan

At least 53 people have been killed after Taliban militants disguised as Afghan soldiers attacked a government compound in the west of the country.

News • 03 Apr 13

US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel flies aboard a military helicopter from Kabul to Bagram Air Field

18 killed in two suicide bombs in Afghanistan

Eighteen people, including eight children, have been killed in two separate suicide bomb attacks in Afghanistan.

News • 09 Mar 13

The two injured girls were taken to hospital in Nangarhar

Ten girls killed in Afghanistan landmine blast

At least ten young girls have been killed and two others injured in a landmine explosion in eastern Afghanistan.

News • 19 Dec 12

Two Afghan guards were killed in the attack, which was claimed by the Taliban

Two killed in Kabul suicide bombing

A suicide bomber has killed two Afghan guards outside a NATO-run compound in the main diplomatic area of the Afghan capital, Kabul.

News • 21 Nov 12

Hotel guards and police officers were killed in the attack

20 killed as Taliban attacks Kabul hotel

At least 20 people were killed after Taliban gunmen stormed a lakeside hotel close to the Afghanistan capital and seized dozens of hostages.

News • 22 Jun 12

Members of Afghan special forces walk towards the scene of attacks in Kabul

Karzai accuses NATO of failure after attacks

Afghan President Hamid Karzai has blamed intelligence failures, particularly on the part of NATO forces supporting his government, for the worst coordinated insurgent attacks in 10 years of war.

News • 16 Apr 12

Afghan police head to the scene of an attack in Kabul

Taliban launches 'spring offensive' in Afghanistan

Kabul was hit by explosions and gunfire as suicide bombers struck across Afghanistan in coordinated attacks claimed by Taliban insurgents as the start of a spring offensive.