1. Complex Attack By Taliban Sends Message To West.
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Rubin, Alissa J., Bowley, Graham, Rahimi, Sangar, Rosenberg, Matthew, Sukhanyar, Jawad, and Provinces, Khost
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SUICIDE bombers , *DIPLOMATIC & consular service , *TERRORISM - Abstract
KABUL, Afghanistan -- Taliban suicide bombers and gunmen barraged the diplomatic quarter and the Parliament in the Afghan capital for hours on Sunday and struck three eastern provinces as well, in a complex attack clearly designed to undermine confidence in NATO and Afghan military gains. Though the overall confirmed death toll was low, with six victims initially reported across four provinces, they were among the most audacious coordinated terrorist attacks here in recent years. The multiple sieges ended in Kabul on Monday morning after nearly 18 hours, and silence fell on the city with roads in the bullet-strafed areas beginning to reopen. The last of the attacks to be resolved was the one on the Parliament, which ended at 7:30 a.m., according to a statement by the Afghan Interior Ministry. ''The situation is normal,'' the ministry said. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2012