India will not be intimidated by Kabul attack: TharoorOctober 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India will not be intimidated by the criminal killers who perpetrated the attack on the Indian embassy in Kabul and will take all steps to protect Indians, Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor affirmed Thursday. "India will not be intimidated by these criminal killers.
US calls Kabul bombing 'deeply troubling'October 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The United States Thursday condemned the devastating bomb attack outside the Indian embassy in Kabul and called it "deeply troubling".
US ambassador Timothy Roemer told reporters here: "Our heart goes out to India and the victims of terrorism." He said the bombing, which killed at least seven people, was "deeply troubling".
Nirupama Rao to go to Kabul FridayOctober 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao is likely to go to Afghanistan Friday to take stock of the situation in the aftermath of the suicide attack on the Indian embassy in Kabul, in which 17 people were killed. According to reliable sources, Rao is expected to leave Friday for Kabul.
Suicide bombing in Kabul kills two, injures 38September 17th, 2009 KABUL - A suicide attack against an Italian military vehicle shook the Afghan capital Kabul Thursday, leaving at least two people dead, witnesses and officials said. A spokesman of the public health ministry told DPA the bodies of two civilians had been brought to a hospital.
Suicide bombing in Kabul kills nine, injures 38September 17th, 2009 KABUL - A suicide attack against an Italian military convoy shook the Afghan capital Kabul Thursday, leaving six soldiers and at least three civilians dead and 38 others wounded, officials said. The defence ministry in Rome and the Italian military in Afghanistan said that six of its soldiers, members of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), were killed in the attack, which took place in the eastern part of the city on the road leading to Kabul's international airport.
Suicide attack kills two, wounds seven near Kabul airportSeptember 8th, 2009 KABUL - A suicide bomber detonated his explosives-laden vehicle early Tuesday near a part of Kabul's international airport used by the military, killing two civilians and wounding seven, officials said. "It was a suicide attack which was carried out by a car near the gate of the military side of Kabul airport," Zemarai Bashary, an Interior Ministry spokesman, told DPA.
Car bomb explodes near Kabul airportSeptember 7th, 2009 KABUL - An explosion, believed to be a bomb in a car driven by a suicide bomber, went off early Tuesday close to the airport of the Afghan capital Kabul, an airport official said. The official told DPA that casualties were likely, as the blast was strong enough to break his office windows some distance away, but did not give any further details.
Armed men storm bank in KabulAugust 19th, 2009 KABUL - Several armed men stormed a bank in Afghan capital Kabul Wednesday morning and clashed with the police a day ahead of the national elections. Gunfire erupted as police launched an operation against the men who broke into a bank building at 7 a.m.
Gunfire reported in Kabul on eve of Afghanistan presidential electionAugust 19th, 2009 Gunfire reported in Kabul on election eveKABUL — Gunfire is being heard in the center of the Afghan capital Kabul on the eve of the country's presidential election. Interior Ministry spokesman Zemeri Bashary tells The Associated Press that three or four armed men have taken over a branch of the Pashtani Bank in the Jadi Maiwand area of Kabul and are battling police.
Two rockets fired into Afghan capital, no casualtiesAugust 18th, 2009 KABUL - Two rockets believed to have been fired by Taliban militants landed near the presidential palace Tuesday, but caused no casualties, police said. The rockets were fired from Bagrami, in the southern part of Kabul city, a police official in Kabul told DPA.
Rocket attack on KabulAugust 18th, 2009 KABUL - Two rockets fired by militants slammed into the Afghan capital Tuesday morning, two days ahead of the presidential elections, police said. "The rockets were fired from an unknown location and hit residential areas at around 7.10 a.m.," a police officer said.
Three killed, over 60 wounded in Kabul suicide attackAugust 15th, 2009 KABUL - A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle Saturday near the NATO military headquarters in Kabul, killing three Afghans and wounding more than 60 people, a defence ministry spokesman said. The blast occurred near the gate of the International Security Assistance Force in the neighbourhood where the presidential palace and US embassy are also located.
Blast hits Kabul days before presidential electionAugust 15th, 2009 KABUL - A large explosion rocked Kabul Saturday causing numerous casualties near the headquarters of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force and in the neighbourhood where the presidential palace and the US embassy are located. Local Tolo television reported 60 people were killed and injured, including foreign nationals.
Taliban claim rocket attack on Kabul; 1 falls near US Embassy; police say 1 Afghan child hurtAugust 4th, 2009 Taliban claim rocket attack on KabulKABUL — The Taliban are claiming they fired the rockets that have hit various Kabul neighborhoods, including near the American Embassy. Police say at least five rockets exploded at daybreak Tuesday, injuring one child.
Eight rockets hit Kabul ahead of electionAugust 4th, 2009 KABUL - Eight rockets were fired into Kabul early Tuesday, wounding two people, while police defused a ninth one before it was launched, interior ministry said. "This morning at around 4 a.m., there were eight rocket attacks on Kabul city, and these rockets hit different districts of Kabul city," Zemrai Bashary told the German Press Agency dpa.
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