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| Taliban attack Afghanistan parliament in Kabul | Taliban attack Afghanistan parliament in Kabul |
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| The Taliban have carried out a co-ordinated attack on the Afghan parliament in the capital, Kabul, where heavy fighting is still going on. | The Taliban have carried out a co-ordinated attack on the Afghan parliament in the capital, Kabul, where heavy fighting is still going on. |
| Attackers detonated a huge car bomb outside the building, before racing into parliament itself, reports say. | Attackers detonated a huge car bomb outside the building, before racing into parliament itself, reports say. |
| Police are evacuating the premises, while trying to fight off the attackers. | Police are evacuating the premises, while trying to fight off the attackers. |
| The Taliban say they are carrying out the attack to coincide with a vote to endorse a new defence minister. | The Taliban say they are carrying out the attack to coincide with a vote to endorse a new defence minister. |
| The incident happened as new Defence Minister Massoom Stanekzai was being introduced to MPs, who need to endorse him. | The incident happened as new Defence Minister Massoom Stanekzai was being introduced to MPs, who need to endorse him. |
| Pictures on social media showed parliament full of smoke and people running for cover. | |
| Local media report another explosion in the Dahmazang area of Kabul city. | Local media report another explosion in the Dahmazang area of Kabul city. |
| Television was broadcasting live from the building when the attackers struck and MPs were seen fleeing the building. | |
| One female MP is reported to have been wounded. | |
| Even by Afghan standards, these are very dramatic scenes, and police have a complex operation on their hand to clear the building and fight off the attackers, the BBC's David Loyn in Kabul says. | |
| The country has been without a full-time defence minister for several months, and the attack is sending a clear message to the government by putting out Monday's parliamentary proceedings, our correspondent says. | |
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