Tag: Taliban
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Breaking: Militants storm government building, take hostages
Militants stormed a government building in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul on Monday, taking civilians hostage as they fought a gun battle against Afghan soldiers, officials said. The attack began in the afternoon when a suicide bomber blew up a car outside the Ministry of Public Works. Shooting followed, with hundreds of government employees inside the building,…
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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…