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Kabul Attackers Stationed Near ARG 'Three Days Ahead Of Attack'
[ToloNews] A day after rocket attack near Afghanistan’s Presidential Palace, also known as ARG, sources said the attackers were stationed in Sarai Maahi, a market near Eidgah Mosque in PD1 of Kabul, three days before the attack.The sources who wished not to be named in this report said the attackers were carrying a big number of light and heavy weapons and were speaking in Farsi and Arabic. According to Resolute Support front man Lt. Colonel Martin O’Donnell, nine turbans had been involved in the attack and that at least 30 mortar rounds were fired at areas around the Presidential Palace. But the question which is widely asked is that the turbans managed to infiltrate one of the heavily-guarded areas in the capital city near the Presidential Palace and the Defense Ministry building? Several rockets landed in Kabul city early on Tuesday morning when 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 addressing a ceremony on Eid al-Adha. Despite the sounds of at least four rockets in the background, President Ghani kept his cool and continued his speech by saying that turbans could not stop the people from improvement by such attempts. The rocket attack started at about 9am Kabul time. Eyewitnesses said the attackers were coming to the area every day and were spending their nights there. "It is the responsibility of the relevant organizations to say that how this vehicle entered the city," said Omar, an eyewitness. "One person was standing there, another near the shrine and several others in front of the shop," said Massoud, an eyewitness. Abdul Karim, a vendor in Kabul, said he lives along with five others in the market from where the attack was carried out. The market is used for storing fishes during winters. In summers, it is used for other purposes including a parking for cards and rooms for rent for workers who have come to Kabul from other provinces. At least 15 vehicles were inside the market when the attack happened. All except two of them have been heavily damaged in the incident. Karim said the attackers took them hostage after he and his friends returned from Eid prayers on Tuesday morning, but he said they were released after one hour. "One of them (attackers) said that kill them, the other one said no. They pulled us on the ground to kill, then took us to a room and then released us," said Karim. The attack has posed harms to a school and some houses in the area. "They hit my shop with rocket. It is burnt," said Ahmad Gul, a shopkeeper. "This is my car which has caught fire in the attack. So far no one has come to ask about cars in this market," said Fida Mohammad, a schoolteacher. The battle between government forces and the attackers ended after three hours. Afghan forces used combat helicopters to eliminate the attackers. A military expert said the attack on a secure area in Kabul indicates the intelligence failure of the country’s security agencies. "First, this is the failure of intelligence forces. Secondly, there is a possibility of contact between these individuals with security personnel. It is not beyond these two circumstnacces," said Sayas, a military analyst. Video shows ANDSF suppressing militants involved in mortar attack on Kabul [KhaamaPress] 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 Mission released a video which shows the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces suppressing the forces of Evil involved in mortar attack on Kabul city during the first day of Eid al-Adha. "During a 30-minute period, more than 30 mortar rounds were fired by approximately nine armed ISIS-K terrorists. Five were apprehended by the Afghan National Directorate of Security ...the Afghan national intel agency... (NDS)," NATO said in a statement. The statement further added "Deploying within minutes of being mobilized, Crisis Response Unit 222 arrived on-scene and began clearing compounds, while Afghan Air Force MD-530 helicopters engaged and killed an attacker firing mortar rounds from the back of a truck." According to Resolute Support Mission, two attackers barricaded themselves behind a vehicle and began firing at National Directorate of Security responders. The MD-530s killed one of the barricaded attackers with a precision strafing run, while Crisis Response Unit 222 later engaged and killed the remaining terrorists. Crisis Response Unit 222 continued to clear compounds in the vicinity, although the area was declared secure.
Posted by: trailing wife 2018-08-23 |
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