The attacks, a week after 60 people were killed as they waited at a voter registration center in the city, underlined mounting insecurity despite repeated government pledges to tighten defenses.
U.S.-Afghan relations suffer after rogue soldier accused of killing 16 civilians
Army faces calls of racism in wake of suicide by Asian-American private
President Obama has long held that Afghanistan is a key battleground in the War on Terror, but the exact form of that mission is in flux. New York Times foreign correspondent Rod Nordland, explains a change in policy in Afghanistan.
