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The death toll from Wednesday's bomb attack in Kabul has risen to more than 150, according to Afghan President Ashraf Ghani. He spoke at an international peace conference Tuesday in the Afghan capital.

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Death Toll In Kabul Blast Surpasses 150, Afghan President Says

3:56pm June 06, 2017

by Amy Held

Previous estimates said 90 had died in last week's truck bombing outside the German Embassy. Speaking at a Kabul peace conference, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani did not explain the sharp increase.

Protesters throw stones at security forces during a demonstration in Kabul on Friday. Several demonstrators were killed during clashes with Afghan law enforcement after gathering to protest the security situation in the capital after Wednesday's deadly bo

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Protesters Killed During Demonstration Over Massive Bomb Attack In Kabul

2:46pm June 02, 2017

by Colin Dwyer

Demonstrators had been marching on the presidential palace, protesting government failures after Wednesday's massive bombing and demanding the Afghan president's ouster. Then, police began to fire.

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An Afghan Company's CEO On The Country's Future

1:09pm June 01, 2017

Steve Inskeep speaks with Saad Mohseni, CEO of the Afghan media company Moby Group, about the significance of the recent bombing in Kabul that killed scores and injured hundreds of people.

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After Massive Bombing, Looking At The U.S. Strategy In Afghanistan

8:26am June 01, 2017

by Tom Bowman

The Haqqani network is suspected of being behind a massive bomb attack in Kabul, Afghanistan. We look at what that means for the U.S. strategy in the country.

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Kabul Car Bomb Explosion Kills At Least 80, Wounds Hundreds

4:41pm May 31, 2017

NPR's Robert Siegel speaks with Reuters Afghanistan correspondent Josh Smith about Wednesday's terrorist attack in Kabul that killed at least 80 people. A bomb hidden in a truck went off during morning rush hour.

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Security forces inspect the site of a massive explosion in a busy area not far from the German Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Wednesday.

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Kabul Truck Bomb Kills At Least 80 People, Injures Hundreds More

2:49pm May 31, 2017

by Jim Kane

At least 13 officers of the Afghan National Police were reportedly killed, and 11 U.S. contractors are among the wounded, after a massive explosion near foreign embassies.

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Massive Bomb Blast Reverberates Across Afghan Capital Kabul

9:18am May 31, 2017

Dozens of people were killed and hundreds more wounded when the blast went off during morning rush hour. Steve Inskeep talks to Mujib Mashal, a correspondent for The New York Times, who's in Kabul.

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Rush Hour Bombing Kills Scores And Injures Hundreds In Kabul

7:52am May 31, 2017

A car bomb exploded Wednesday morning in the heart of Afghanistan's capital, Kabul, killing scores and injuring hundreds of people. Steve Inskeep talks with reporter Jennifer Glasse in Kabul.

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A memorial outside Jones' congressional office includes 568 pictures of Marines from Camp Lejeune — which is in Jones' district — who were killed in Iraq or Afghanistan.

'Asking God To Forgive Me': N.C. Lawmaker Seeks Redemption For War Votes

5:07pm May 29, 2017

by Susan Davis

Driven by a profound regret for his votes to authorize the wars in the Middle East, Rep. Walter B. Jones, R-N.C., is leading a bipartisan effort to pull the U.S. military out of Afghanistan.

Afghan warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar speaks in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday. A prominent figure for decades in Afghanistan's war, Hekmatyar, 69, was known as the "Butcher of Kabul" when his forces rocketed the city in the 1990s. He made peace with the go

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The 'Butcher Of Kabul' Is Welcomed Back In Kabul

5:56pm May 04, 2017

by Greg Myre

Warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar rained rockets on the Afghan capital in the 1990s and was responsible for thousands of deaths. The country's president welcomed him back Thursday in the interest of peace.

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