Assailants, some wearing suicide vests, attacked the Justice Ministry and another government building in the Afghan capital Kabul today, causing multiple deaths and forcing people to flee from building windows, officials and witnesses said.

Suspected Taliban militants attacked a ceremony attended by the Afghan president today, unleashing automatic weapons and rocket fire that sent foreign dignitaries and senior members of the government fleeing for cover.

Taliban militants attacked a ceremony attended by the Afghan president today, unleashing automatic weapons and rocket fire that sent foreign dignitaries and senior members of the government fleeing for cover.

Taliban militants opened fire at a ceremony marking the defeat of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, forcing dignitaries including Afghanistan’s president to take cover.

Taliban militants threatened to blow up telecom towers across Afghanistan if mobile phone companies do not switch off their signals for a 10-hour stretch starting at dusk.