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Four injured in rocket attack in KabulA rocket attack near the luxury Serena Hotel in Kabul has wounded four people, including at least one member of the Afghan security forces. One rocket hit the wall of the five-star hotel in downtown Kabul at 6.15pm on Saturday, Ahmad... In this article: Taliban, Kabul, United Nations, Hamid Karzai, Afghanistan, and NATO |
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L.A. Times - Middle East | 2 days ago
Karzai sworn in amid a glum Kabul
Karzai sworn in as Afghanistan president Kabul is under heavy security for the inauguration of President Hamid Karzai. (Rahmat Gul, Associated Press / November 19, 2009) By Laura King Los Angeles Times Staff Writer KABUL, Afghanistan...
In this article: Hamid Karzai, Afghanistan, Hillary Rodham Clinton, United Nations, Suicide, Trademark, Narcotic, Los Angeles Times, and Taliban
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USATODAY.com | 3 days ago
Security tight as Clinton arrives in Kabul for inauguration
...the capital, and that roads leading to embassies have been blocked. "We have very tight security inside Kabul, around Kabul, outside Kabul," he said. The inauguration comes as the reputation of the Karzai government has sunk to new lows.
In this article: Hamid Karzai, Hillary Rodham Clinton, U.S., Asif Ali Zardari, Afghanistan, NATO, Stanley McChrystal, and Afghan National Army
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Times Online | 3 days ago
Kabul on edge as leaders arrive for Hamid Karzai inauguration
...the inauguration of President Karzai's second term," said Hillary Clinton, the US Secretary of State, on her arrival in the city today. Kabul was in lockdown as thousands of soldiers and police sealed off the city in anticipation of an...
In this article: Hamid Karzai, Afghanistan, Allegation, Ahmed Wali Karzai, Narcotic, Bernard Kouchner, David Miliband, and Hillary Clinton
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washingtonpost.com | 3 days ago
Clinton arrives in Kabul for Karzai inauguration
KABUL -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has arrived in Afghanistan to attend Thursday's inauguration of President Hamid Karzai and meet with top U.S. commander Gen. Stanley McChystal. Karzai is under stiff pressure from...
In this article: Hamid Karzai, Hillary Rodham Clinton, U.S., Afghanistan, and Europe
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AP Online | 6 days ago
NATO: 2 rockets hit Kabul airport area; no injury
KABUL (AP) - NATO says two rockets were fired at the military part of Kabul's international airport, but did not cause any injuries. NATO said the rockets were fired on Sunday night. It said one hit inside the airport perimeter. Officials...
In this article: NATO
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Reuters | November 13, 2009
Blast near U.S. base in Kabul wounds 9 NATO soldiers
Blast near U.S. base in Kabul wounds several KABUL (Reuters) - A car bomb exploded near a NATO convoy just outside a U.S. military base in Kabul early on Friday, wounding civilian contractors, foreign soldiers and Afghan bystanders, the...
In this article: NATO, U.S., All rights reserved, Car bomb, Thomson Reuters, NYSE, and Nasdaq
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Blast near U.S. base in Kabul wounds several
KABUL (Reuters) - A car bomb exploded near a NATO convoy just outside a U.S. military base in Kabul early on Friday, wounding civilian contractors, foreign soldiers and Afghan bystanders, the NATO-led force and local police said. The head...
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Suicide bomber attacks military convoy near Kabul
KABUL (AP) - The Taliban claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing Friday that wounded at least six people near Camp Phoenix, a logistics support base for U.S. forces on the outskirts of Kabul. NATO said the suicide bombing occurred at...
In this article: NATO, Suicide, Taliban, Afghan National Police, Afghan National Army, and Afghanistan
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BBC News | November 12, 2009
Explosion at Nato base in Kabul
...place at Camp Phoenix, the US base where Afghan forces are trained A car bomber has struck outside a Nato base in the Afghan capital Kabul, injuring three foreign soldiers and three Afghan civilians, officials say. The blast took place...
In this article: NATO, US, Afghanistan, Taliban, and Barack Obama
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Not to be confused with Greater Kabul, the province of Kabul City
Kabul (Pashto/کابل Kābul; IPA: //kɑː'bol//; archaic Caubul), is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan, with a population of over 2.5 million, and is located in the province of Greater Kabul. The exact number cannot be determined but the total provincial population of Kabul is anywhere between 3.5 to almost 5 million people.
It is an economic and cultural centre, situated 5,900 feet (1,800 m) above sea level in a narrow valley, wedged between the Hindu Kush mountains along the Kabul River. The city is linked with Ghazni, Kandahar, Herat and Mazar-e Sharif via a circular highway that stretches across the country. It is also the start of the main road to Jalalabad and, further on, Peshawar, Pakistan.
Kabul's main products include munitions, cloth, furniture and beet sugar, but, since 1978, a state of nearly continuous war has limited the economic productivity of the city. Economic productivity has improved since the establishment of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan 2001.
Kabul is over 3,000 years old, many empires have long fought over the city for its strategic location along the trade routes of Southern and Central Asia. In 1504, Babur captured Kabul and used it as his headquarters until 1526, before his conquest of India. In 1776, Timur Shah Durrani made it the capital of modern Afghanistan. Since the Soviet war in Afghanistan in the 1980s until very recent, the city has been constantly a target of destruction by rebels or militants. It is currently in its early phases of reconstruction.
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