A New Wave of Violence Hits Afghanistan

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An Afghan child chases a goat at a refugee camp for the internally displaced in Kabul. Some 20,000 people, fleeing insecurity caused by a Taliban-led insurgency, are living in more than 30 informal settlements in Kabul under extreme hardship. Despite the flood of billions of dollars in aid from the international community after the collapse of the Taliban, Afghanistan remains among the poorest nations in the world.

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Afghan and NATO forces assess damage caused at the scene of a militant attack in Kabul. A suicide car bomber and Taliban militants disguised in burqas attacked a compound housing hundreds of foreigners in the Afghan capital. The Taliban said the attack was a response to President Barack Obama's surprise visit just hours earlier.

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An Afghan policeman secures the area outside a compound after it was attacked by militants in Kabul.

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Smoke emerges from a compound after it was attacked by militants in Kabul.

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Afghan security men and NATO soldiers at the scene of a militant attack in Kabul.

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NATO soldiers talk as smoke rises out of a compound at the scene of an attack in Kabul.

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An Afghan police special force member mans a compound at the scene of a militants' attack.

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Afghan men look at the wreckage of a vehicle used by a suicide attacker in front of a guesthouse in Kabul. Taliban insurgents claimed a suicide attack in the Afghan capital Kabul, shortly after President Barack Obama left the city after an overnight visit.

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Decorated dead bodies of Afghans, who were allegedly killed in an Afghan-led operation, at a demonstration in Laghman east of Kabul. Hundreds of angry protesters blocked a key road in eastern Afghanistan, demanding to know why two villagers were killed in an overnight NATO raid. The coalition said those killed were Taliban insurgents.

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Afghans chant slogans against the Afghan government and the U.S. during a protest in Laghman.

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Afghan security personnel stand next to a car damaged during a suicide attack in front of a guesthouse in Kabul.

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Afghan police personnel urge onlookers away from the site of a suicide bomb attack.

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Afghan firefighters extinguish a burning vehicle.

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Afghan firefighters extinguish a burning car at the site of a suicide bomb attack.

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An Afghan policeman stands guard near opium poppy fields in Alingar, Laghman province. A bomb exploded next to the opium poppy fields during a poppy eradication campaign in Alingar, wounding two Afghan police reaction forces. Afghanistan supplies most of the world's opium.

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A wounded member of the Afghan police reaction force waits for treatment in Alingar.

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