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Afghans Celebrate Eid In Relative Peace, Except In Kabul
[ToloNews] ISIS grabbed credit for the drawn out rocket attack on Kabul, which injured at least six people.As Afghans celebrated the first day of Eid-al-Adha, Kabul residents were subjected to a serious rocket attack early Tuesday morning. The attack started at about 9am and lasted for more than half an hour. However, it was a brave man who first ate an oyster... the murderous Moslems behind the attack were quickly tracked down by security forces and a clash involving both sides lasted until about 12 noon. According to Resolute Support front man Lt. Colonel Martin O’Donnell, nine murderous Moslems had been involved. O’Donnell said: "Approximately 30 mortar rounds from two separate, but nearby locations in Kabul's Police District 8. Afghan forces responded swiftly to the attack with coordinated combined arms, which speaks to growing capabilities of the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces under the NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Originally it was a mutual defense pact directed against an expansionist Soviet Union. In later years it evolved into a mechanism for picking the American pocket while criticizing the cut of the American pants... -led Resolute Support train, advise and assist mission. "Afghan police cordoned off the area, while MD-530 helicopters from the Afghan Air Force destroyed one firing position and Afghan Special Security Forces destroyed the other. "In total, four of the nine murderous Moslems were killed. The other five murderous Moslems surrendered to Afghan forces," he said. The rocket attack started while President Ashraf Ghani  ...former chancellor of Kabul University, now president of Afghanistan. Before returning to Afghanistan in 2002 he was a scholar of political science and anthropology. He worked at the World Bank working on international development assistance. As Finance Minister of Afghanistan between July 2002 and December 2004, he led Afghanistan's attempted economic recovery until the Karzais stole all the money. ..was delivering his Eid message from the Presidential Palace. With the thud of rockets in the background, Ghani interrupted his speech and said: "If they are thinking the rocket attack will keep Afghans down, they are wrong." O’Donnell meanwhile said: "Such an auspicious day, Eid al-Adha, should be marked with blessings, not bombs." Afghan officials meanwhile said six people had been maimed in the attack. According to the Kabul Garrison Chief Gen. Murad Ali Murad only two murderous Moslems had been involved. However, it was a brave man who first ate an oyster... by 6pm local time, no serious attacks or battles had taken place across the country on Tuesday ‐ except for the Kabul rocket attack. The Taliban ...Arabic for students... denied responsibility for the rocket attack early afternoon but ISIS later claimed the attack. Residents attending Eid prayers around the country meanwhile prayed for peace and called on the Taliban to join the grinding of the peace processor.
The gunnies managed to reach close to the center of the town close to Presidential Palace despite strict security measures were in place on the occasion of Eid al-Adha. Posted by: trailing wife 2018-08-22 |
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