U.S. Embassy Attacked in Kabul

U.S. Embassy Attacked in Kabul
Ahmad Masood / Reuters

Air Guard
A NATO helicopter flies near a building that Taliban insurgents took over during an attack near the U.S. embassy in Kabul on Sept. 13, 2011. Taliban suicide fighters launched a multipronged assault in the Afghan capital on Tuesday, firing rockets toward the U.S.'s and other embassies and sending three suicide bombers to targets in the city's west and near its airport.

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