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A car bomb explosion claimed by the Taliban in Kabul on Saturday killed at least two civilians, as the militants maintain pressure on the capital amid growing calls for peace talks. IMAGES
Only one suicide bomber carried out the deadly attack at the Kabul airport, General Hank Taylor says at a Pentagon briefing, correcting an earlier assessment that there were two bombers and two separate explosions. "We do not believe that there was a second explosion at or near the Baron Hotel, that it was one suicide bomber," Taylor says. SOUNDBITE
Dozens of people were wounded with fatalities feared in a Taliban-claimed attack which saw a powerful car bomb rock Kabul early Monday, followed by gunmen who battled special forces in an area housing military and government buildings. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITE
At least nine people are dead and several are wounded after a car loaded with explosives blew up near a mall in a busy market in the Somali capital. IMAGES of rescue teams at the attack site
The clear-up operation begins in Kabul after simultaneous Taliban suicide assaults on two security compounds killed 16 people on Wednesday. IMAGES
Supporters of Zambian President Lungu hold a rally in Lusaka during a tense presidential race, which has been marked by clashes between rival supporters. The presidential election will take place on Thursday. IMAGES.