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| Afghanistan |
| Militants Attack Indian Consulate in Afghan City |
| 2016-03-03 |
| [ALMANAR.LB] Explosions and gunfire echoed Wednesday as gunnies attacked the Indian consulate in Jalalabad in the latest assault to rattle the eastern Afghan city. No myrmidon group has so far grabbed credit for the ongoing assault and no fatalities were immediately reported. Indian foreign ministry front man Vikas Swarup told AFP: "Our consulate has been targeted but everyone is safe." The area, also home to other diplomatic missions, has repeatedly come under attack in recent months. In January, faceless myrmidons of the so-called 'Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... of Iraq and the Levant' (ISIL) takfiri ...an adherent of takfir wal hijra, an offshoot of Salafism that regards everybody who doesn't agree with them as apostates who most be killed... group grabbed credit for a deadly gun and bomb siege targeting the nearby Pak consulate in Jalalabad, the first major attack by the group in an Afghan city. Wednesday's attack comes as direct peace talks are expected to start this week between the Afghan government and the Taliban. |
| Posted by:Fred |