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Title: Series of attacks shake Kabul Taliban claim responsibility as Western embassies and key government buildings come under attack in Afghan capital.
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Published: Apr 15, 2012
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Post Date: 2012-04-15 09:06:47 by tom007
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Series of attacks shake Kabul Taliban claim responsibility as Western embassies and key government buildings come under attack in Afghan capital. The Taliban said they and other armed groups were behind the co-ordinated attacks across the country [Reuters] The Afghan capital has come under co-ordinated attack, with explosions and gunfire rocking the diplomatic enclave - home to government buildings, Western embassies and NATO bases - as gunmen tried to enter parliament. Suicide bombers had taken over three buildings across the city, each respectively near the diplomatic quarters, the Afghan parliament, and a coalition base, local media reported, citing police sources. More than 10 explosions in all rocked the capital, and heavy gunfire shook the city for more than an hour after the initial blast. NATO forces said in a statement that as many as seven locations were under attack across the capital. The Taliban said they and other armed groups were behind the co-ordinated attacks in Kabul, which included attacks on the British and German embassies in the heavily guarded, central diplomatic district. "We claim responsibility for these attacks," Zabihullah Mujahid, Taliban's spokesman, said. Taliban fighers had also launched assaults in two provinces, he said. The area was sealed off by security forces. From the perspective of one neighbourhood in Herat Al Jazeera's Qais Azimy, reporting from Kabul, said, "Taliban spokesperson said these attacks were part of their "spring offensive".' "Government officials said they had some information about the attacks and that's why Afghan security forces were on high alert," he said. As the attacks began, several large explosions and bursts of gunfire were heard near the US embassy. The embassy sounded alarms and warned staff to take cover, AFP reporters heard from their office near the embassy in the Wazir Akbar Khan area, which houses many diplomatic missions. A spokesman said that the US embassy was in lockdown, on the other hand German foreign ministry said its embassy in Kabul was damaged but said no one was believed to be injured. "Attacks are ongoing in the vicinity of the US embassy in Kabul. Avoid the area. Shelter in place," the embassy said in a mobile phone text message. 'All staff accounted for' All staff were accounted for and safe, with no reports of injuries, said spokesman Gavin Sundwall. In separate attacks, fighters also targeted government buildings in Logar province, the airport in Jalalabad, and a police facility in the town of Gardez in Paktia province. "Government officials have said that the only place where the attack is over is Jalalabad, where three out of the four gunmen were killed, while the fourth was captured," Al Jazeera's Azimy said. Smoke rises from a tower belonging to the British embassy in Kabul [Reuters] "All the attackers wore suicide vests and carried AK-47 rifles," he said. Several other attackers tried to enter the parliament building, but were engaged by security forces and driven back, an official said. Attackers fired a rocket-propelled grenade into a house used by British diplomats in the city centre and smoke billowed from the building after the blast, a Reuters news agency quoted a witness as saying. Two rockets hit a British embassy guard tower near the Reuters office in the city. They had taken cover in a building near the parliament and fighting was ongoing, parliamentary media officer Qudratullah Jawid told AFP news agency. US army convoys could be seen coming to the area accompanied by Afghan police in fla
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7 min 48 sec ago - Afghanistan The compound of the German embassy in Kabul sustained damage Sunday but no-one was injured, the foreign ministry said after explosions and gunfire rocked the diplomatic quarter of the Afghan capital. A spokeswoman told AFP that there had been damage "in the grounds of the German embassy" but described it as "smaller damage to property" without giving further details. Attackers have taken over three buildings across the Afghan capital and are engaging the Afghan security forces. bsarwary#AFG MP Lalay from Kandahar province: I along with my bodyguards fought insurgents for an hour or so. It is my duty to defend parliamentSun Apr 15 12:57:39 2012 Tags Germany, Kabul 18 min 48 sec ago - Afghanistan Afghan police have arrested 15 would-be suicide bombers in northern Afghanistan who were trying to launch attacks in Kunduz province, Al Jazeera's Qais Azimy reported from Kabul. The arrests are directly related to the attacks in Kabul today, which were part of co-ordinated attacks across the country, our correspondent said. bsarwary#AFG Afghanistan's Spy Agency NDS: We have arrested a group of terrorists who wanted 2 assassinate 2nd VP Karim KhaliliSun Apr 15 12:48:35 2012 Tags Kabul, Kunduz 29 min 48 sec ago - Afghanistan Al Jazeera’s Qais Azimy, reporting from Kabul, said police have captured three people, two of them suicide bombers. The have also discovered a vehicle full of explosives in front of the Afghan parliament. He said fighting is still going on as police try to clear a building taken over byt assailants near the parliament and another by the diplomatic area where all embassies and the presidential is palace is located. Azimy spoke to the police commander leading the operation to clear the building near the parliament. He told our correspondent that four attackers are still holed up in the building. PressistanOfficials reporting 5 wounded yet in Kabul attacks.Sun Apr 15 12:35:22 2012 PressistanIn jalalabad, four attackers arrived in a car. Three died as they detonated the car and the fourth wearing a suicide vest arrested, MoISun Apr 15 12:36:11 2012 Tags afghan parliament, Kabul, qais azimy 1 hour 48 sec ago - Afghanistan Al Jazeera’s Bernard Smith, reporting from Kabul, said : “We do not know the number of casualties, or if any yet, but the important thing is the spectacular nature of the attack. Taliban will claim that once again they have struck at the heart of the city." Afghan MP Fawzia Koofi, who was at the presidential palace meeting with president Karzai, said she heard explosions close to the palace. "Two police officers were wounded by the parliament," she said her colleagues told her. "The important question is how did get this far into the city—one of the important Afghan hotels, the Kabul Star hotel." TOLOnewsNo foreign troops are involved in repelling insurgent attacks in Kabul as gunfight still continues, Sediqi says.Sun Apr 15 11:56:37 2012 joelvanhoudt@TOLOnews well that's not true - norwegian SF are here..Sun Apr 15 11:59:01 2012 Tags Kabul 1 hour 14 min ago - Afghanistan Latest pictures from Kabul as Afghan security forces battle Taliban holed up in three seperate buildings across the city [Reuters] File 63716 File 63736 Tags Kabul, pictures, reuters 1 hour 39 min ago - Afghanistan Police have killed two of the attackers in two separate locations in Kabul city, Afghan interior ministry spokesman told ToloNews. Meanwhile, reports suggest Afghan MPs and their bodyguards have joined the police in returning fire at attackers holed up in a building near the Afghan parliament. The Taliban have taken responsibility for today's attacks across the country. Read our full story here OmidFarooqAfghan MPs say some lawmakers have joined security forces repelling attackers from roof near Afghan parliament #Kabul @ReutersSun Apr 15 11:22:04 2012 PressistanSome Afghan MPs holding guns and responding to attackers. Nayim Lalay Kandahar MP in on the roof of parliament and fires on attackers.Sun Apr 15 11:16:57 2012 Tags afghan parliament, Kabul 1 hour 43 min ago - Afghanistan Assailants occupied a four-storey building near the compound of the chief of police in the eastern Afghan province of Paktia on Sunday as part of a coordinated assault in various parts of the country claimed by the Taliban, a witness said. A helicopter gunship from Afghanistan's NATO-led force was firing at the building in the province on the Pakistani border, which has been plagued by violence for years. Tags Paktia, Taliban 2 hours 1 min ago - Afghanistan ISAFmediaAttacks ongoing; Initial reporting: US, German, Russian embassies & some ISAF, GIRoA facilities. No confirmed reports of casualtiesSun Apr 15 11:03:03 2012 Tags ISAF, Kabul 2 hours 13 min ago - Afghanistan Afghan media reports suggest attackers, possibly with suicide vests, have entered three buildings across Kabul city: near the diplomatic quarters, across from the Afghan parliament, and near a coalition base in the outskirts of the city. Police are being fired at from the buildings in Sherpur, near Kabul's diplomatic square, and Pul-e-Charkhi, where a compound of foreign forces is based. Six men have entered the building in Sherpur, police sources told ToloNews. Tags Kabul 2 hours 26 min ago - Afghanistan ISAFmediaISAF confirming multiple attacks across #Kabul, potentially 7 locations, ANSF & ISAF responding as needed. No reports of casulaties.Sun Apr 15 10:35:02 2012 HabibKhanTFour civilians wounded so far in Paktia attack, fighting still going on, bombers equipped with PK, RPGs & suicide vests #AfghanistanSun Apr 15 10:34:19 2012 Tags Kabul, Paktia Content on this website is for general information purposes only. Your comments are provided by your own free will and you take sole responsibility for any direct or indirect liability. You hereby provide us with an irrevocable, unlimited, and global license for no consideration to use, reuse, delete or publish comments, in accordance with Community Rules & Guidelines and Terms and Conditions. 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Egypt Live Blog Titanic: 100 Year Obsession Dear America: My name is Khan. I'm not a terrorist Syria - Apr 15, 2012 - 13:56 Recent Comments This work is licensed under Creative Commons. Please read our attribution policy. Anyone have any idea as to why we are in Afghanistan????
Can anyone say Tet offensive?
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To protect them from themselves. And line the pockets of contractors. Ask the General : U.S. military officials said he showed 'extremely poor judgment' during the interview, which led Allen to relieve him of his duties. "These unfortunate comments are neither indicative of our current solid relationship with the government of Afghanistan, its leadership, or our joint commitment to prevail here in Afghanistan," he said. Allen added: "The Afghan people are an honorable people, and comments such as these will not keep us from accomplishing our most critical and shared mission - bringing about a stable, peaceful and prosperous Afghanistan." Long time ago I asked that question during Korean thing. They told me grunts get shot for asking such questions. I think they were serious. At least I learned where Korea was. Furthered my education.
"Satan / Cheney in "08" 
The people of privilege will always risk their complete destruction rather than surrender any material part of their advantage." J.K. Galbraith
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The Afghan capital has come under co-ordinated attack, with explosions and gunfire rocking the diplomatic enclave - home to government buildings, Western embassies and NATO bases - as gunmen tried to enter parliament.
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Anyone have any idea as to why we are in Afghanistan????
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Anyone have any idea as to why we are in Afghanistan????
"Satan / Cheney in "08" The people of privilege will always risk their complete destruction rather than surrender any material part of their advantage." J.K. Galbraith
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Anyone have any idea as to why we are in Afghanistan????
"Satan / Cheney in "08" The people of privilege will always risk their complete destruction rather than surrender any material part of their advantage." J.K. Galbraith
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