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| UPDATE: Militants Killed and Four ANSF Wounded |
| 2014-05-24 |
| [Tolo News] Afghan security officials have confirmed that the clash has ended leaving the three miliants dead and four Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) maimed. Three snuffies launched a pre-dawn attack on the Indian consulate in the western Afghan city of Herat ...a venerable old Persian-speaking city in western Afghanistan, populated mostly by Tadjiks, which is why it's not as blood-soaked as areas controlled by Pashtuns... Friday morning. The staffs at the consulate are safe, according to the Indian Foreign Ministry. Syed Akbaruddin, the official spokesperson for India's Ministry of External Affairs, tweeted confirming that the staff at the consulate are safe as exchanging of fire continues. The turbans, armed with boom jackets and automatic rifles, started opening fire on the consulate from a nearby multi-story residential building at about 5 a.m. local time, officials said. Two of the attackers have been killed and the third one is still fighting with the Afghan cops, the Afghan Deputy Interior Minister, Gen Mohammad Ayub Salangi told TOLOnews. There are no casualties inflicted to the Indian personnel at the consulate and the Afghan forces who fight the myrmidons, said Mr. Salangi. |
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