Monday 18 January, 2010
Kabul "under control" after brazen Taliban assault
by Administrator |
The taliban has launched a brazen attacks on Monday, the center of Kabul suicide bombers in several places and the militants in the shopping center of the security forces was engulfed in flames.
The rebels tried to seize failed government office buildings, but their ability to make the then President of the United States senator barack Obama is trying to rally support for expanding military tasks and fight them.
It is the most serious attacks, the city of nearly a year to Afghan President hamid karzai are in the cabinet inside swearing guarded presidential palace.
Shooting and explosion shook the city with a large shopping center of poured with security forces, where the gunners for several hours. In some areas of the fighting continued sporadic karzai said, although the city was under control.
"There are shooting from the security personnel of black smoke entering the building and security escort our guys
Kabul, "the shopkeeper Mohammed sand told Reuters.
"People carrying RPG (a rocket-propelled grenade into the basement. The second and third floor partly destroyed."
Three members of the Afghan security forces and two civilians, 71 people were injured, the government said.
Britain's defense ministry said in a statement, the attackers were killed, 10 other officials to slightly different figures, maybe not including those detonated bombs.
"Safety situation of control and order has been restored, again," Afghan President hamid karzai, said in a statement after more than four hours of fighting, as security forces finally shopping centre back burning.
And the other in the cinema, and the soldiers to nearly six hours after the first stop fighting against.
The taliban also says they warriors 20 attacked, they think targeted presidential, justice, mining and President bush administration building, have gathered in the center of the city.
"We, the oath of office near Kabul terrorist attacks. This is only a dangerous," firm to the minister's swearing-in ceremony. "Extremely dangerous and could hurt the afghani sowing dissension countries."
U.S. envoy to the region, Holbrooke Richard hours before leaving the Kabul, new Delhi, India, said: "this man is doing affirmation won't survive against their will, but we can expect success of such a thing. Who is this."
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For an attack is an initiative induces taliban militants, announced plans to lay down their arms in London at an international conference.
The initiative, return money, is known as an important part of the new strategy, barack Obama, this will also see 30,000 additional troops to reverse the insurgency against the increasingly serious.
Reuters correspondent in shopping center of the site owner saw a siege. People mourned the body could hear gunfire.
Later, Reuters photo two bullet-riddled Israel saw the Lord to the egyptians militants in the street outside the building, security forces have been lost.
The king, he escaped shopping center, said the gunman had invaded in the explosion near the gate, in the President's residence.
Although the shopping center surrounded by a car bomb open an ambulance, as a military draw another shopping center, and blew it up, police and security officials. The government says it's not an official of the ambulance and deny it shows soldiers have infiltrated the army.
Three suicide bomber blew with grenades bomb in different places: ministry of education, the second in the crowded around the central bank and the nearby plaza shopping center, outside of the third, a senior government officials said.
The government office buildings and diplomatic mission in Kabul is heavily guarded the events, but in the past year, killing five including foreign u.n. staff in a hotel, emphasize the vulnerability of the city.
In February last year, the attacker to judicial departments and other government agencies and the taleban militants attack other urban assault team similar
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