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Truck Bomb Attack In Kabul Leaves 10 Dead
[ToloNews] At least 10 people were killed and 29 others were maimed in a truck kaboom on a military installation, G4S compound, in Kabul on Wednesday evening, the Ministry of Interior confirmed.The Interior Ministry’s front man Najib Danish said the attack took place at around at 6:30pm on Wednesday after a water tanker loaded with explosives detonated near G4S compound in Pul-e-Charkhil area in Kabul’s PD9. He said four attackers stormed the compound following the kaboom. A security guard, who wished not to be named, told TOLOnews that one of the attackers was alive until early Thursday morning. Residents and eyewitnesses said some houses in the area were damaged in the attack. Some of maimed who were taken to Wazir Akbar Khan Hospital said five of those injured were employees of a private company, located in the newly built industrial parks in Kabul’s PD9. Taliban ...Arabic for students... has grabbed credit for the attack. The G4S British security company which is based in London has also confirmed the attack on its branch in Kabul.
The deputy interior ministry front man Nasrat Rahimi confirms that a Brit was among ten people killed in the attack and at least 27 others sustained injuries. Rahimi further added at least 15 foreigners are also among those maimed in last evening’s attack.
...mindless ferocity in a turban... -claimed attack in the Afghan capital, bully boyz detonated the bomb and then tried to fight their way into the compound housing G4S security company late Wednesday, authorities said. "Five attackers were involved, one detonated his vehicle at the gate, and four others were on foot and they entered the building," interior ministry front man Najib Danish told AFP. He said the 10 dead were Afghans, but police front man Abdul Basir Mujahid said authorities were still working to identify the nationalities of the victims. G4S, which according to its website provides security for British diplomats in Kabul, was also targeted in an attack in March, when a jacket wallah detonated his explosives before reaching the entrance of the complex. Two non-combatants were killed in that attack. Wednesday's assault came hours after Afghanistan's Caped 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. ..announced the formation of a team for prospective peace talks with the Taliban, as the United Nations ...the Oyster Bay money pit... renewed calls for direct negotiations between Kabul and the holy warriors. But the Taliban have once again rejected Ghani's overtures, saying in a statement Thursday that it considered the government in Kabul "impotent" and a "waste of time". Posted by: trailing wife 2018-11-30 |
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