Sunday, April 15, 2012

News Roundup On Today's Taliban Offensive In Afghanistan



At Least 35 Killed In Afghan Assaults; Attackers Reportedly Surrounded -- L.A. Times

KABUL, Afghanistan and NEW DELHI -- At least 11 police officers, five civilians and 19 insurgents were killed in Sunday’s brazen attacks on foreign and Afghan targets in Afghanistan's capital and eastern provinces, government officials said.

Fierce fighting continued throughout Kabul seven hours after the attack was launched around lunchtime on the U.S., British, German and Russian embassies, parliament, NATO headquarters and a military academy in some of the capital’s most heavily guarded neighborhoods.

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More News On Today's Taliban Attacks In Afghanistan

Live: Co-ordinated Afghan attacks -- BBC
Kabul attacks - live updates -- The Guardian
Taliban attack in Afghanistan: live -- The Telegraph
Afghanistan: Overview -- Yahoo News

Afghanistan says it's beaten back wave of attacks -- CNN
Taliban blitz Kabul with "spring offensive" attacks -- Reuters
Kabul attacks stoke up fears of escalating stalemate in Afghanistan -- The Guardian
Taliban attack Afghan capital, 3 other cities -- AP
Assault on Kabul: Taliban claim attacks as show of strength -- Christian Science Monitor
Taliban launches largest attack on Kabul in 11 years -- The Guardian
Taliban launch Spring offensive -- The Australian
Taliban Militants Launch Simultaneous Attacks Across Afghanistan -- Bloomberg
Report: Taliban fighters take Kabul hotel -- UPI
Coordinated suicide attacks rock Afghanistan -- AFP
Afghan vice-president was one of targets in Kabul attacks -- Hindustan Times/AFP
Taliban attacks in Afghanistan target NATO, embassies, parliament -- L.A. Times
Taliban Stage Coordinated Assaults in Kabul, Afghanistan -- ABC News
Afghan capital rocked by explosions, gunfire -- CBS/AP
Afghanistan: Taliban insurgents attack embassies and Nato headquarters in Kabul -- The Telegraph
Taliban hits Afghan capital, other cities in rare coordinated attack -- Washington Post
Afghanistan attackers launch coordinated attacks -- CNN
Taliban attack Afghan capital, 3 other cities -- AJC/AP
Taliban Strike Afghan Capital and Provinces -- New York Times
Afghan capital rocked by explosions -- Press Association
Coordinated suicide attacks rock Afghanistan -- AFP
British Embassy in Kabul under attack as co-ordinated Taliban blasts on diplomatic neighbourhoods kill at least two people -- Daily Mail
Western embassies targeted in Afghanistan attacks -- Euronews
Series of Blasts Rocks Afghan Capital -- Voice of America
Taliban Claims Coordinated Attacks In Afghan Capital, Other Cities -- Radio Free Europe
Taliban says wave of attacks in Kabul is start of 'spring offensive' -- The National
In pictures: Afghanistan attacks -- BBC





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