Tag: Kabul
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Trending video: Taliban militants wine, dine in presidential palace
New footage has come out on social media showing the Taliban militants wining and dining in the presidential palace formerly occupied by President Ashraf Ghani and his cabinet. Some of the militants sat ontop the sofa while others could be seen eating as they chatted and laughed in the palace. The Taliban have taken total…
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Afghanistan: Five killed at Kabul airport during mass evacuation
At least five people were killed in Kabul airport as hundreds of people tried to forcibly enter planes leaving the Afghan capital. One witness said he had seen the bodies of five people being taken to a vehicle. Another witness said it was not clear whether the victims were killed by gunshots or in a…
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Afghan president flees country as Taliban captures Kabul
President Ashraf Ghani fled Afghanistan on Sunday, a top official said, effectively ceding power to the Taliban as they reached the capital Kabul to seal a nationwide military victory in just 10 days. “The former Afghan President has left the nation, leaving the people to this situation,” Abdullah Abdullah, who heads the peace process, said…
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BREAKING: Taliban militants kill 63 with ambulance bomb in Kabul, Afghanistan
A suicide bombing has killed at least 63 people and injured 151 others in the centre of Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, officials say. Attackers drove an ambulance laden with explosives past a police checkpoint into a street that was only open to government workers. It happened near the old interior ministry building and offices of the…
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Just in: suicide car bombing kills many in Kabul
Afghan officials said at least 50 people have been killed or wounded in a suicide car bombing in the Afghanistan capital of Kabul. There were also reports of many being injured. According to reports, the car bombing occurred at the gate of the German embassy. Earlier reports had spoken of a huge explosion that sent…