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  Kabul blast kills 3 on day of military handover

Suspected Taliban bomber targets Afghan court, kills 17

KABUL (Reuters) - A suspected Taliban suicide bomber in a car detonated a bomb close to minibuses taking Supreme Court staff home in the Afghan capital Kabul on Tuesday, killing at least 17 people and wounding almost 40, police said. Full story

Taliban launches attack on Kabul airport

  Seven heavily armed insurgents launched an assault on the Kabul airport. NBC’s Duncan Golestani reports.   

Security forces battle insurgents in Kabul

  The Taliban has claimed responsibility for an assault on security forces near Kabul's airport which left at least seven militants dead. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown reports.

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  NATO convoy in Kabul hit by deadly car bombing

At least 15 people have been killed and dozens wounded in a suicide bomb attack on a military convoy in the Afghan capital, Kabul. Two US soldiers and four civilian contractors were among the dead. NBC’s Atia Abawi has the latest from Kabul.

  Suicide bomber attacks during Hagel visit

A bicycle-riding suicide bomber set off an explosive in Kabul, Afghanistan, near the building where defense secretary Chuck Hagel was in the middle of a briefing. NBC’s Mike Taibbi reports.

  Karzai, Obama meeting: What's at stake?

The pace of the troop withdrawal will be at the top of the agenda when the U.S. and Afghan leaders meet Friday. NBC News' Thanh Truong reports from Kabul.

  American killed in Afghan police 'insider' attack

Retired Army Col. Jack Jacobs talks to MSNBC's Richard Lui about the killing of a U.S. civilian working for the military outside police headquarters in Kabul.

  Deep Dive: At the Brink

The  Daily Rundown’s Chuck Todd touches base with NBC reporters across the Mid-East including NBC’s Atia Abawi in Kabul, Martin Fletcher in Tel Aviv, Ali Arouzi in Tehran and Ann Curry from the Syrian border.

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