Afghanistan parliament attacked

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A huge explosion rocked the Afghanistan parliament in Kabul on Monday, triggering chaos in the smoke-filled building. The Taliban has claimed responsibility for the attack which occurred as the Afghan president's nominee for the crucial post of defence minister was to be introduced in parliament.
 
There are no reports of any Indian
being injured in Taliban's attack on
Afghanistan Parliament in Kabul,
Indian ambassador to Afghanistan
Amar Sinha said.
 
7 Gunmen Who Attacked Afghanistan Parliament Killed, Taliban Claim Responsibility
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Kabul: A Taliban attack on the Afghan parliament on Monday ended after all seven militants were killed, the government said.

"The attack has ended now. Seven attackers were involved - one detonated a car near the parliament building and six were killed by security forces after they entered a nearby building," deputy interior ministry spokesman Najib Danish told AFP.
 
A roadside bomb killed at least 19
Afghan civilians including nine
children in the southern province
of Helmand Around the same time as the bombing, Taliban fighters in the north captured a key district on the front-line of the battle for Kunduz
city. Police said the villagers had recently fled fighting in Marjah district and were apparently trying to go home. No group has claimed responsibility for the bombing..The Taliban typically deny targeting civilians, although their tactic of planting roadside bombs has been harshly criticised by the United
Nations. Marja district of Helmand province, a stronghold of Taliban militants was the focus of a major US-led military offensive designed to clear out the militant group in early 2010.
 
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