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Kabul stories: 52 news summaries

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ANALYSIS

Kidnap Rise Adds to Afghan Woes Awaiting Obama

Obama faces an increasingly challenging scenario as government falters in Kabul

Dec 16, 08 3:19 PM CST
(Newser) - A rash of kidnappings has struck Afghanistan, a symptom of the deteriorating security situation there, writes Masha Hamilton in Salon. Kabul is no longer viewed as a safe haven as the Taliban and criminal gangs seize foreigners and Afghans alike—sometimes for ideological reasons, often just for a ransom payment.... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • terrorism • kidnapping • Kabul • terrorist groups • Afghanistan war • President Obama

 Bush Stops in 
 Afghanistan; 
 Vows Support 

Pledges continued US support

Dec 15, 08 5:19 AM CST
(Newser) - Five hours after his final visit to the country that defined his presidency, President Bush landed in Afghanistan this morning for an unsurprising surprise visit on his farewell tour. After a pre-dawn rally with US troops, the president renewed his support of the fledgling democracy in a meeting with President... More »

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Afghanistan • NATO • Taliban • Bagram Air Force Base • Hamid Karzai • Kabul • al-Qaeda • troop levels • George W. Bush

US Focus in Afghanistan Shifts to Kabul

Some 3,500 troops will guard capital region

Dec 7, 08 9:35 AM CST
(Newser) - January’s US troop deployments in Afghanistan will focus on areas near Kabul, reflecting rising security concerns about the capital, the New York Times reports. The move marks the first time large numbers of troops will be deployed to regions south of the city. The 3,500 to 4,000... More »

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Afghanistan • deployment • US military • Kabul • Iraq war • insurgency

 Kabul Blast 
 Kills 4 Near 
 US Embassy 

Suicide car bombers struck as Westerners gathered for Thanksgiving run

Nov 27, 08 3:48 AM CST
(Newser) - At least four Afghans were killed when a suicide car bomber struck 200 yards outside the American embassy in Kabul this morning, AP reports. The embassy said none of its personnel was injured in the blast, which happened as Americans and other Westerners were entering the embassy compound for a... More »

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Afghanistan • suicide bomber • suicide bombing • Kabul • car bomb • US Embassy

Freed Reporter Held in Cave Underground

But Canadian journalist says Afghan captors did not harm her

Nov 9, 08 8:00 AM CST
(Newser) - Canadian officials secured the release yesterday of a reporter who was kept in an underground cave in Afghanistan for a month, CNN reports. Melissa Fung said her abductors bound her hands and feet, but that she was never mistreated. Afghan authorities arrested three people in the case and are looking... More »

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Afghanistan • Canada • Hezbollah • kidnapping • Kabul • journalist • Stephen Harper • caves

 Taliban Govern
 Large Areas of
 Afghanistan



Residents turning to Taliban 'rulers' to settle criminal, civil disputes

Aug 24, 08 6:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Taliban is regaining significant ground in Afghanistan, running a harsh but effective parallel government that wields more power than the official administration, reports the Observer. Taliban influence has spread as far as the outskirts of Kabul, and is firmly entrenched in large parts of the south and east. More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • Kabul • al-Qaeda • Islamic terrorism

 Afghanistan's
 Insurgency
 Endures

Attacks highlight security decline

Aug 14, 08 12:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - The insurgency in Afghanistan is mushrooming, and targeting the refurbished highway that provides a weak connection between the country's ethnic halves, the New York Times reports. A series of deadly attacks in June has exposed the tribulations of the United States' 6-year-old effort to defeat the Taliban. More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • insurgents • United States • Kabul • IED • US troops • Kandahar • Highway 1 • insurgency

Pakistan Aided Kabul Embassy Attack: US

Messages between militants and spy agency intercepted

Aug 1, 08 5:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - American intelligence has determined that members of Pakistan's powerful spy agency helped to plan July's bombing of the Indian embassy in Kabul, reports the New York Times. US authorities based their findings on intercepted messages between the attackers and Pakistani intelligence officers. American officials also obtained new evidence that the... More »

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Afghanistan • Pakistan • India • Kabul • bombing • foreign intelligence • Pakistan intelligence services

Taliban Targets Attacks for Maximum Panic in Kabul

Incapable of large strikes, insurgents aim to strike fear into populace

Jul 27, 08 8:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan lack the firepower to spark a massive attack, but they’re doing their best to wage psychological warfare on Kabul, Newsweek reports. Creating a sense of instability through frequent small-scale attacks, “we can create panic and undermine the last vestiges of support for the regime,... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • insurgents • security • Kabul

Obama Declares Afghanistan 'Precarious
and Urgent'

Candidate pledges more US troops

Jul 20, 08 1:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - Calling the situation in Afghanistan "precarious and urgent," Barack Obama today urged the Bush administration to make Afghanistan—rather than Iraq—"the central front in our battle against terrorism." In his first interview since arriving in the country yesterday, the Democratic candidate told Lara Logan on... More »

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Afghanistan • Barack Obama • Taliban • Pakistan • Hamid Karzai • US military • Kabul • al-Qaeda • Iraq war • Afghanistan war

 Obama Meets Afghan Prez 

Candidate lunches with the leader he criticized a week ago

Jul 20, 08 7:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - World-touring Barack Obama sat down with Hamid Karzai today, joining the Afghan president for lunch at his Kabul palace. Although Obama criticized the leader's government as recently as last week, he expected to steer clear of arguments in today's meeting, Reuters reports. "I'm more interested in listening than doing... More »

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Afghanistan • Barack Obama • Hamid Karzai • Kabul • foreign policy

 Kabul Bomb Kills 41
 at Indian Embassy 

Deadliest attack this year in Afghan capital

Jul 7, 08 4:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - A suicide attacker detonated a car bomb outside the Indian embassy in Kabul today, killing 41 people and injuring 141. Several diplomats were among the dead, as well as children, security guards and visa seekers on the crowded street in the Afghan capital, reports CNN. The huge blast was the... More »

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Afghanistan • India • suicide bombing • Kabul • car bomb

 Afghan Sex
 Trade Thrives
 Despite Taboos 

900 foreigners hustle in Kabul brothels, but locals do it secretly

Jun 15, 08 5:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sex is selling in Afghanistan despite Islamic laws that make prostitution punishable by death, the AP reports. At least 900 women do it in Kabul, but residents admit only to brothels full of Chinese prostitutes; to be a native Afghan hooker is "very, very bad," one expert said.... More »

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Afghanistan • prostitution • Kabul • child prostitution • sex trade

In Afghanistan, Laura Bush Urges Support

Int'l community dare not pull out during 'crucial' Taliban uprising

Jun 8, 08 1:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - During an unannounced visit to Kabul today, Laura Bush urged the international community not to pull support from Afghanistan, highlighting successes in reconstruction and improved women’s rights, Reuters reports. The first lady's visit came even as Afghan, US, and NATO forces fight to contain a Taliban guerilla war in... More »

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Afghanistan • War on Terror • NATO • Taliban • Laura Bush • Kabul • al-Qaeda • international aid

Al-Qaeda Involved in Karzai Shooting Plot: Kabul

Taliban, Pakistani militants gain strength

May 1, 08 5:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Afghan government today implicated al-Qaeda in the botched Sunday shooting attempt on President Hamid Karzai, the New York Times reports. Security forces captured or killed several suspects linked to the assassination plot. Among them was a man with links to militant commander Jalaluddin Haqqani, who is based in Pakistan’... More »

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Afghanistan • Pakistan • Hamid Karzai • Kabul • assassination attempt • Pakistan militants • Afghan border • suspected terrorists • al-Qaeda • mujahedeen

 Afghan Prez Escapes
 Assassination Attempt 

Taliban boasts
attack proves
group's power

Apr 27, 08 8:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - One person was killed and 11 wounded in a Taliban attack this morning in Kabul aimed at assassinating Afghan President Hamid Karzai. The president escaped the rockets and gunfire unhurt. The attack occurred as Karzai, government ministers, foreign diplomats, and military top brass gathered for the 16th anniversary of the... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • Hamid Karzai • Kabul • diplomat • attack • assassination attempt • rocket fire

Pakistan Hunts for Missing Diplomat

Ambassador to Afghanistan feared kidnapped near border

Feb 12, 08 9:20 AM CST
(Newser) - Pakistani officials are hunting for their ambassador to neighboring Afghanistan, and the country's president believes he was abducted, Reuters reports. "The Pakistan ambassador to Afghanistan has been kidnapped while traveling to Afghanistan," Hamid Karzai said. The diplomat went missing yesterday while traveling through the Khyber Pass, a region... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • Pakistan • Hamid Karzai • Peshawar • kidnapping • Kabul • al-Qaeda • Khyber Pass • Tariq Azizuddin • ambassador

Afghan Deputy Governor, 5 Others Killed in Mosque Attack

Bombing comes amid  'failed state' warnings

Jan 31, 08 8:04 AM CST
(Newser) - A suicide bomber in Afghanistan killed six people, including the deputy governor of the dangerous Helmand province, in an attack inside a mosque today. At least 11 others were injured in the explosion in the provincial capital of Lashkar Gah, a focus of reconstruction programs led by the British army,... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • suicide bomber • Kabul • bombing • opium • British military • drug trade • poppies • Pir Mohammad • failed state • Helmand province

Afghan Children Turning to Life
on Street

Begging or selling, many are family's only source of income

Jan 31, 08 3:55 AM CST
(Newser) - An estimated 60,000 children in Afghanistan spend their days hawking trinkets or begging on the streets, and many are their families' sole source of income. Aid workers say the kids are a legacy of the country's 25 years of nearly continuous war, NPR reports. "The majority of them... More »

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Afghanistan • Kabul

Kabul Hotel Attack Kills 6

US citizen and Norwegian reporter die in brazen downtown strike

Jan 14, 08 7:31 PM CST
(Newser) - A quartet of Taliban militants killed six people in a Kabul hotel today and sent Norway's foreign minister scrambling to the hotel basement, BBC reports. One attacker set off a suicide bomb as three others fired machine guns in the 5-star hotel. A Norwegian reporter and a US citizen were... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • suicide bombing • Kabul

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