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news.bbc.co.uk - 10/28/2009

UN chief condemns Kabul killings

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These attacks on two high-profile targets have spread a lot of fear. Every building where UN staff work or live has to conform to minimum security rules, and one question that will be asked is 'How did these gunmen get into this building?' President Hamid Karzai has said he wants more security ...

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foxnews.com - 10/28/2009

12 Killed in Taliban Attack on U.N. in Kabul

— foxnews.com — Wednesday, October 28, 2009 KABUL— Gunmen wearing homicide vests stormed a guest house used by U.N. staff... in the heart of the Afghan capital early Wednesday, killing 12 people — including six U.N. staff — officials said. The U.S. Embassy said one of ... (more) 12 Killed in Taliban Attack on U.N. in Kabul

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Newshoggers.com — ... . At the same time, rockets were launched at a major hotel used by Western ex-pats. The Afghan Taliban have already taken responsibility for the attacks, which they said were aimed at those aiding the Afghan run-off election. The UN's Secretary General, Ban Ki Moon, has already said that the UN will stay in Afghanistan - something the UN didn't do in Iraq after a similiar high-profile attack in 2003. Even so, ...

Taliban Targets U.N. Workers in Deadly Kabul Attack
Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines — ... —KA BBC: The attack on the private Bekhtar guesthouse in the Shar-i-Naw district was the deadliest on the United Nations in Afghanistan since the fall of the Taliban regime in 2001. Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid claimed responsibility for the attack in a telephone call to the Associated Press and said it was the “first attack” in the run-up to the second round of the presidential election on 7 November. Read more READ THE WHOLE ITEMRelated ...