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| Afghan Taliban fighters 'attack Kandahar airport' | |
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| Fighting has been reported at the airport in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar. It is not clear whether the clashes have resulted in casualties. | Fighting has been reported at the airport in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar. It is not clear whether the clashes have resulted in casualties. |
| A spokesman for the provincial governor said the attackers had managed to breach the first gate of the complex. | A spokesman for the provincial governor said the attackers had managed to breach the first gate of the complex. |
| A pro-Taliban website said the group had launched an attack "against domestic and foreign forces". | |
| Militant violence has increased across Afghanistan since the departure of most US and Nato forces last year. | Militant violence has increased across Afghanistan since the departure of most US and Nato forces last year. |
| "Several insurgents" had carried out the attack, the provincial governor's spokesman Samim Khopalwaq told AFP. | |
| Local authorities have reportedly deployed commandos to the area. | |
| In recent months the Taliban have enjoyed a series of battlefield victories, including briefly capturing the northern Afghan city of Kunduz. |