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Spanish Officials Took Cover In Safe Room During Kabul Attack: Local Official
[Tolo News] A security official said Saturday that Spanish officials had taken cover in a safe room in a guest house that came under attack by the Taliban on Friday night.At least four ...the capital of Afghanistan. Home to continuous fighting from 1992 to 1996 between the forces of would-be strongman and Pak ISI/Jamaat-e-Islami sock puppet Gulbuddin Hekmayar and the Northern Alliance, a period which won Hek the title Most Evil Man in the Worldand didn't do much for the reputations of the Northern Alliance guys either.... , on Friday evening shortly before 6pm - leaving eight dead, said officials Saturday. Spanish officials in the house at the time had to take cover in a safe room. Among them was the deputy ambassador to Kabul, said the security official on condition of anonymity. Eight people were however killed in the incident -- excluding the four krazed killers. Two were foreigners, five were coppers and one was an Afghan civilian. Residents in the area meanwhile told TOLOnews on Saturday of the heavy initial kaboom followed by a shootout that lasted 10 hours. "I fled the area when the kaboom happened, my car's windows were shattered and I was injured," one Sherpor resident said. "The kaboom happened and security forces came to the blast scene, they rescued me and I got away but I could still hear gunfire coming from inside the embassy [compound]," another local resident Mohammad Wali said. Meanwhile, ...back at the the conspirators' cleverly concealed hideout Montefiore's foot was still stuck and the hound had completely soaked his uniform with slobber... Engineer Mohammad Khan, first deputy of CEO Abdullah Abdullah ... the former foreign minister of the Northern Alliance government, advisor to Masood, and candidate for president against Karzai. Dr. Abdullah was born in Kabul and is half Tadjik and half Pashtun... blamed Pakistain on Saturday for being behind the attack. "Such attacks are planned in Pakistain, this will not be the last attack until sustainable peace is restored in the country," Khan said. "This is another trick by Pakistain, the attack probably indicates that Pakistain has surrendered to U.S and Chinese pressure to endorse peace negotiations, in other words, Pakistain could try to score more points in the talks through such attacks," former deputy minister of interior Mirza Mohammad Yarmand said. The attack happened shortly before 6pm on Friday night when one krazed killer detonated a boom-mobile, blowing through a wall into the compound. Three others then stormed the property. According to officials, high-ranking Spanish officials had been in the house at the time of the attack -- including the deputy ambassador to Kabul. However, some people cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go... all residents took cover in a safe room where they hid until the raid ended at 4am on Saturday morning. Kabul police confirmed a ten-hour shootout took place but ended with the three Posted by: Fred 2015-12-13 |
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