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| Ghani Praises Security Forces For Zero Casualty Toll In Kabul Attack |
| 2015-05-28 |
| [Tolo News] President Mohammad 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. .. On Wednesday praised the Afghan National Security Forces for their well coordinated response in quelling Tuesday night's attack on a guest house in Wazir Akbar Khan in Kabul ...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 gave Hek the title Most Evil Man in the Worldand didn't do much for the reputations of the Northern Alliance guys either.... . The Afghan forces reached the scene soon after the snuffies attempted to enter the guest house. Despite a heavy shootout during a six hour siege, no deaths or injuries were reported. Condemning the terrorist attack in the strongest terms, Ghani said: "Our security forces once again proved that they are capable of defending our country and people against any threats and disruptive efforts." The President commended the Afghan people for supporting the National Security Forces and added that the Office of the President will continue initiatives to honor the services and sacrifices of the National Security Forces. Ghani said that the enemy is not able to face the Afghan forces on the battlefield, so they are now resorting to killing women, children and innocent people, and attacking civilian targets. Ghani also said that Afghanistan is "facing an enemy that spreads fear and terror among the people, but the courage of security forces has proven that the enemies of Afghanistan will fail to satisfy their ill intentions". Sediq Sediqqi, the ministery of interior front man, posted a picture (as above) on his Twitter account of the special forces team that brought the Kabul attack under control. In a message below the photograph he paid tribute to the men involved and said: "These are the heroes who quelled last night attack in Kabul." Tuesday night's attack was launched against the Heetal Guest House -- home to mostly Australian expats -- in an upmarket part of the city that also houses embassies. The first sign of trouble was shortly after 23:00 (local time) when Kabul was rocked by the first kaboom, followed by a volley of gunfire. Over the next six hours kabooms were heard on a regular basis, as was sporadic bursts of gunfire. Hotel security, along with special forces managed to prevent the snuffies from storming the hotel -- despite one attacker detonating his boom jacket in order for them to gain entry. The Crisis Response Unit (CRU) was also brought in to help bring the situation under control. According to a senior police source the CRU was armed with heavy artillery and high-powered night vision equipment to flush out the snuffies that at one stage were believed to have been hiding among trees in a park behind the guest house. The Kabul Police Chief, Abdul Rahman Rahimi confirmed that there were no security forces casualties in the attack and no civilians were maimed. He said that "in this attack we used new tactics to kill the turbans." There had however been four attackers -- all of whom died. He said police had started investigations into the attack. Bejhan Kohestani, the Heetal hotel manager, told TOLOnews during the siege that his security staff had successfully helped hold off the snuffies for a number of hours. The Taliban has grabbed credit for the attack. |
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