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U.S. officials said Tuesday American citizens were among those killed in a Taliban attack on a hotel in Kabul, Afghanistan, over the weekend. CBS News national security correspondent David Martin reports.
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U.S. officials said Tuesday American citizens were among those killed in a Taliban attack on a hotel in Kabul, Afghanistan, over the weekend. CBS News national security correspondent David Martin reports.
An assault on Kabul's Intercontinental Hotel left at least 19 people dead, including 14 foreigners, Ministry of Interior spokesperson Nasrat Rahimi told CBS News. The heavily guarded luxury hotel is popular among foreigners and Afghan officials.
Gunmen stormed the Intercontinental Hotel in Kabul, killing at least five people, and setting off a 12-hour gun battle as frantic guests tried to escape from fourth and fifth-floor windows.
The Taliban offered a three-day Muslim holiday truce. Violence has been rising since the U.S. announced it's withdrawing its remaining troops by September 11.
Many of those killed were young students, Afghan government spokesmen said.
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CBS News' Debora Patta reports on a car bombing that killed at least 80 and injured hundreds in Kabul, Afghanistan.
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An attack was carried out at the American University of Afghanistan in Kabul Wednesday evening. Cathy Whitehead from Tolonews describes the attack from Kabul.
Militants launched an attack on the American University of Afghanistan in Kabul. Witnesses reported hearing an explosion and gunfire at the school, which has around 1,000 students enrolled. U.S.-backed Afghan security forces were responding to the situation.
An American is one of two university professors kidnapped in Afghanistan. The unidentified victim was traveling with an Australian colleague in Kabul Sunday night when they were abducted. They are professors at the American University of Afghanistan. Charlie D'Agata reports.
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Doctors Without Borders says 22 people were killed after one of its hospitals in Afghanistan was hit by an airstrike, which they blame on U.S. forces. Charlie D'Agata reports.
A car bomb exploded at the parliament building in Kabul as lawmakers were meeting to confirm a new defense minister. After a two-hour battle, seven Taliban militants and two civilians were killed. CBS News correspondent Charlie D'Agata reports.
Two people were killed and 28 wounded in the attack. A suicide bomber set off explosives that rocked the building, and gunmen tried, but failed, to storm the complex. Charlie D'Agata reports from London.
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