Daring Taliban Attack In Kabul Dispels Any Complacency -- L.A. Times
'We used to think this kind of attack was no longer possible in Kabul,' says a police official after militants kill five people in two suicide blasts and a lengthy gun battle in the Afghan capital.
Reporting from Kabul, Afghanistan - As their target, they selected the hub of Afghan governance, a part of downtown Kabul that includes the presidential palace, the Justice Ministry, the central bank and other heavily guarded buildings.
Then, on Monday morning, as the heart of the capital bustled with shoppers and Afghans on their way to work, seven Taliban militants with AK-47 assault rifles, grenades, rocket launchers and suicide vests hidden under their shawls unleashed their attack. The militants left five people dead and laid bare Kabul's vulnerability even as the U.S. ratchets up the war to rout the militancy.
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Gunbattle Erupts in Afghan Capital -- Voice of America
Taleban Suicide Squads Put Heart of Capital Under Siege -- Times Online
Afghans tighten security in Kabul after attack -- Yahoo News/AP
Taliban Strike Heart of Afghan Capital -- Wall Street Journal
Kabul Paralyzed by Bombings, Shootouts with Taliban Fighters -- Washington Post
Taliban bring the fight to urban centres of Afghanistan -- The Age
Army holds the fort in Kabul -- The Australian
Kabul on alert after attacks -- Al Jazeera
Terror in Afghanistan -- The Economist
What's behind latest Taliban attack on Kabul? -- Christian Science Monitor
Gates: Initial Progress Shows Afghanistan Strategy On Track -- US Department of Defense
Gates: Afghan Reconciliation Efforts Critical -- Wall Street Journal
Taliban Leaders Unlikely to Accept Offer, Gates Says -- Wall Street Journal
Taliban reconciliation unlikely: Gates -- AFP
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Gunbattle Erupts in Afghan Capital -- Voice of America
Taleban Suicide Squads Put Heart of Capital Under Siege -- Times Online
Afghans tighten security in Kabul after attack -- Yahoo News/AP
Taliban Strike Heart of Afghan Capital -- Wall Street Journal
Kabul Paralyzed by Bombings, Shootouts with Taliban Fighters -- Washington Post
Taliban bring the fight to urban centres of Afghanistan -- The Age
Army holds the fort in Kabul -- The Australian
Kabul on alert after attacks -- Al Jazeera
Terror in Afghanistan -- The Economist
What's behind latest Taliban attack on Kabul? -- Christian Science Monitor
Gates: Initial Progress Shows Afghanistan Strategy On Track -- US Department of Defense
Gates: Afghan Reconciliation Efforts Critical -- Wall Street Journal
Taliban Leaders Unlikely to Accept Offer, Gates Says -- Wall Street Journal
Taliban reconciliation unlikely: Gates -- AFP
Kabul Paralyzed by Bombings, Shootouts with Taliban Fighters -- Washington Post
Taliban bring the fight to urban centres of Afghanistan -- The Age
Army holds the fort in Kabul -- The Australian
Kabul on alert after attacks -- Al Jazeera
Terror in Afghanistan -- The Economist
What's behind latest Taliban attack on Kabul? -- Christian Science Monitor
Gates: Initial Progress Shows Afghanistan Strategy On Track -- US Department of Defense
Gates: Afghan Reconciliation Efforts Critical -- Wall Street Journal
Taliban Leaders Unlikely to Accept Offer, Gates Says -- Wall Street Journal
Taliban reconciliation unlikely: Gates -- AFP
Top Taliban unlikely to reintegrate for now - Gates -- Reuters
U.N. report finds corruption rife in Afghanistan -- Reuters
UN Afghanistan survey points to huge scale of bribery -- BBC
Congested Border Crossing May affect U.S. Buildup in Afghanistan -- Washington Post
Afghanistan's holy violence -- Nushin Arbabzadah, The Guardian
Taliban bring the fight to urban centres of Afghanistan -- The Age
Army holds the fort in Kabul -- The Australian
Kabul on alert after attacks -- Al Jazeera
Terror in Afghanistan -- The Economist
What's behind latest Taliban attack on Kabul? -- Christian Science Monitor
Gates: Initial Progress Shows Afghanistan Strategy On Track -- US Department of Defense
Gates: Afghan Reconciliation Efforts Critical -- Wall Street Journal
Taliban Leaders Unlikely to Accept Offer, Gates Says -- Wall Street Journal
Taliban reconciliation unlikely: Gates -- AFP
Top Taliban unlikely to reintegrate for now - Gates -- Reuters
U.N. report finds corruption rife in Afghanistan -- Reuters
UN Afghanistan survey points to huge scale of bribery -- BBC
Congested Border Crossing May affect U.S. Buildup in Afghanistan -- Washington Post
Afghanistan's holy violence -- Nushin Arbabzadah, The Guardian