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| Afghanistan |
| Suicide bombers attack foreigners in Kabul |
| 2014-03-29 |
| [DAWN] A group of Afghan Taliban snuffies forced their way into a guesthouse used by foreigners in an upscale residential part of the capital Kabul on Friday, police said. A gunbattle erupted and military convoys were dispatched to secure the area. The Afghan capital is on high alert and the atmosphere is nervous ahead of next week's presidential election which the Taliban have vowed to disrupt. "A jacket wallah detonated his car loaded with explosives in front of a guesthouse used by foreign and Afghan citizens and now a number of suicide bombers are apparently inside," said Hashmat Stanikzai, a front man for Kabul's police chief. "A shootout is under way. There are no reports of possible casualties." The nationalities and number of foreigners inside the building were not immediately clear. Rooters television footage showed Afghan forces sealing off the street in the south of the capital and military convoys rushing to secure the area. AP adds: Taliban front man Zabiullah Mujahid said snuffies attacked a ''guest house of foreigners and a church of foreigners.'' |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 It's over, according to the Daily Mail, which has lots of photos. Final toll: Four Talib snuffies dead, and one little afghan boy. All the hostages and other foreigners freed. The Daily Mail did not say anything about a church. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2014-03-29 12:37 |