Taliban attacks in Kabul

Afghan security forces killed 32 insurgents in operations to stop coordinated attacks by Taliban insurgents that hit the capital of Kabul and three other provinces.

Battles which broke out at mid-day on Sunday in the
capital's central districts continued through the night, and on Monday morning security forces flushed out militants holed up near embassies in the heavily guarded diplomatic area.

The attacks come in the run-up to Western forces leaving Afghanistan under a plan to hand over responsibilities to the Afghan forces by 2014.

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