AFGHANISTAN-ATTACK/MORE Taliban attack on Afghan intelligence agency kills one

Record ID: 148111

  • Title: AFGHANISTAN-ATTACK/MORE Taliban attack on Afghan intelligence agency kills one
  • Date: 7th July 2015
  • Summary: KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (JULY 7, 2015) (REUTERS) AFGHAN SECURITY PERSONNEL WALKING TOWARD THE SITE OF AN INSURGENT ATTACK / SMOKE RISING IN THE AREA VARIOUS AFGHAN SECURITY PERSONNEL AT SCENE / SMOKE RISING FROM DAMAGED CAR SUICIDE VEST ON THE GROUND AFTER DEFUSED BY AFGHAN SECURITY PERSONNEL
  • Embargoed: 22nd July 2015 13:00
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  • Location: Afghanistan
  • Country: Afghanistan
  • Topics: General
  • Reuters ID: LVAABF30CIK6YAYUY8FHLLELKM2Z
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: PLEASE NOTE: THIS EDIT CONTAINS GRAPHIC IMAGES
    Taliban insurgents raided a compound used by the country's intelligence agency on Tuesday (July 7), killing one security guard and wounding another, an Afghan police official said.
    Three insurgents were involved in the attack, the second to occur in one day. One of them detonated a car packed with explosives, while two others were shot dead by Afghan security personnel, according to the police official.
    A resident in the area said many people were wounded as a result of gunfire between Afghan security personnel and Taliban insurgents.
    "Right after the attack happened, Afghan security forces arrived in the area. There were three suicide bombers - all of them shot dead by security personnel. I don't know whether anyone was killed or not but I saw many people wounded," said the man who didn't want to be named.
    Earlier in the morning, a suicide car bomber slammed into a land cruiser carrying foreign forces in Kabul, wounding at least two people.
    The Taliban claimed responsibility for both attacks on Twitter.
    Taliban militants and other insurgents have stepped up attacks on Afghan and foreign forces this year, after most coalition troops withdrew from Afghanistan at the end of 2014.
    As security deteriorates across the country, some districts have fallen under Taliban control. A growing presence of forces loyal to Islamic State has fuelled concern that parts of the country are slipping out of Kabul's grasp.
    About 9,800 U.S troops remain in Afghanistan, down from a peak of around 100,000 in 2011.
    The majority train Afghan forces but a few thousand are still engaged in combat operations against the Taliban and other militants.
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