Blast In Afghanistan

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  3 Killed In Attack On China Hotel In Afghanistan's Kabul

  At least three people were killed when gunmen attacked a hotel popular with Chinese business people in the Afghan capital Monday, with witnesses reporting multiple blasts and several bursts of gunfire.

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  19 Killed, 24 Injured After Blast In Afghanistan: Report

  At least 16 people were killed and 24 others wounded Wednesday by a blast at a madrassa in Afghanistan's northern city of Aybak, a doctor at a local hospital said.

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  At Least 16 Die As Blasts Rock Afghanistan Cities; Several Injured

  At least 16 people were killed by bomb blasts in two Afghan cities Thursday -- including 12 at a Shiite mosque in Mazar-i-Sharif claimed by the Islamic State (IS) group.

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  23 Killed In Blast At Cattle Market In Southern Afghanistan

  At least 23 civilians were killed in Afghanistan's southern Helmand province and dozens were injured when rockets fell on a cattle market on Monday, said Afghan government and Taliban officials.

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  Suicide Bomber Plows Into Crowd At Afghan Political Rally, At Least Six Dead

  At least six people were killed when a suicide bomber drove a motorcycle into a crowd at a political rally in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad on Sunday, police said.

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  Multiple Blasts Rock Kabul, Firing on Near Airport

  A series of blasts rattled Kabul in Afghanistan late on Friday. The first of the evening was a suicide attack near the entrance of the Kabul Police Academy, killing 20 cadets, officials said.

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  Twin Blasts Kill At Least 37, Injure 100 in Afghanistan's Jalalabad; Islamic State Claims Responsibility

  Twin blasts in Afghanistan's Jalalabad have killed at least 37 people and injured over 100. A spokesperson for the Islamic State terrorist group has claimed responsibility for the attack, which would make it first attack by the Islamic State in Afghanistan.

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  Bombs Kill At Least 10 Policemen in East Afghanistan

  Bombs struck three Afghan cities, including the capital Kabul, in east Afghanistan on Monday, killing at least 10 police, officials said, a day after a Taliban suicide bomber penetrated police headquarters in Kabul killing at least one person.

• Bomb kills 10 Afghans heading for wedding: Officials

  A roadside bomb killed 10 civilians, including women and a child, heading for a wedding party in southern Afghanistan on Thursday, officials said.

• Blast in Afghanistan kills 19 en route to wedding

  An explosion from a roadside bomb tore into a minibus carrying people to a wedding in northern Afghanistan on Friday, leaving 19 dead and 16 wounded, authorities said.

• Road bomb kills three Afghan soldiers: Official

  An Afghan army vehicle has hit a roadside bomb in northern Afghanistan, killing three Afghan soldiers and wounding three others. Lal Mohammad Ahmadzai, a spokesman for the Afghan National Police in northern Afghanistan, says the explosion occurred around 3 a.m. on Thursday as the soldiers were patrolling in Baghlan province.

• Afghan blasts: Karzai rushes home, scraps UK visit

  Afghan President Hamid Karzai has cancelled a visit to Britain to fly home after at least 59 people were killed in twin attacks on Shiite shrines, an embassy official said on Tuesday.

• Blast in southern Afghanistan, 2 dead

  A suicide bomber killed two civilians in southern Afghanistan on Monday in what an Afghan minister claimed was an assassination attempt, officials said.

• Afghan market bomb blast kills seven, says official

  Seven civilians were killed and eight others wounded on Tuesday in a motorcycle bomb blast at a market in southern Afghanistan, officials said.The attack happened at a market in Uruzgan province at around 6:30 pm (1930 IST) as local people were shopping in preparation for breaking their fasts during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.Khan Aqa Myahkh...

• Afghanistan: Suicide blast kills five

  A suicide bomber in Afghanistan today killed five civilians and injured five others in an attack near a government office, officials said.The blast took place close to the district government compound in Qarghayi, Laghman province, eastern Afghanistan."Five civilians were killed and another five civilians were wounded in the suicide attack today," ...