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Kabul fighting ends with explosions‚ heavy gunfire
Added At: 2012-04-16 9:20 AM
Last Updated At: 2012-04-16 9:20 AM
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Afghan policemen take position at the site of an attack in Kabul April 15, 2012. Gunmen launched multiple attacks in the Afghan capital Kabul on Sunday, assaulting Western embassies in the heavily guarded, central diplomatic area and at the parliament in the west, witnesses and officials said. Taliban insurgents claimed responsibility for the assault, one of the boldest on the capital since U.S.-backed Afghan forces removed the group from power in 2001.
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KABUL: Afghanistan's government and police said on Monday that all fighting with insurgents had ended after 18 hours of fierce fighting across the capital that began on Sunday.
"The latest information we have about the Afghan Parliament area is that the attack is over now and the only insurgent who was resisting has been killed," said the Kabul police chief's spokesman Hashmatullah Stanikzai.
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