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| Mortars target Kabul's diplomatic area during Eid speech | Mortars target Kabul's diplomatic area during Eid speech |
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| Militants have fired mortars at the diplomatic quarter of the Afghan capital Kabul during a speech by the president to mark a Muslim holiday. | Militants have fired mortars at the diplomatic quarter of the Afghan capital Kabul during a speech by the president to mark a Muslim holiday. |
| President Ashraf Ghani was speaking live on television to celebrate Eid al-Adha when explosions were heard near the presidential palace. | President Ashraf Ghani was speaking live on television to celebrate Eid al-Adha when explosions were heard near the presidential palace. |
| A combat helicopter later fired on a building where militants are believed to have taken up position. | A combat helicopter later fired on a building where militants are believed to have taken up position. |
| Mr Ghani's call for an Eid ceasefire was rejected by Taliban militants. | Mr Ghani's call for an Eid ceasefire was rejected by Taliban militants. |
| As troops secured the area targeted, it was still not clear who had fired the mortars or if there were casualties. | |
| Militants from both the Taliban and so-called Islamic State have carried out attacks in Afghanistan this month that left hundreds of people dead. | Militants from both the Taliban and so-called Islamic State have carried out attacks in Afghanistan this month that left hundreds of people dead. |
| Where were the mortars launched from? | Where were the mortars launched from? |
| A Kabul police chief told the BBC that three attackers armed with a heavy machine gun and a mortar had broken into a building behind Kabul's Id Gah Mosque. | A Kabul police chief told the BBC that three attackers armed with a heavy machine gun and a mortar had broken into a building behind Kabul's Id Gah Mosque. |
| According to the police chief, the attackers first used the mortar against the presidential palace. | According to the police chief, the attackers first used the mortar against the presidential palace. |
| A number of explosions were heard in the background as President Ghani was delivering his Eid message. | A number of explosions were heard in the background as President Ghani was delivering his Eid message. |
| Security forces are fighting the militants in the building, which was rocketed by the helicopter. | Security forces are fighting the militants in the building, which was rocketed by the helicopter. |