Thursday, November 17, 2011 – A heavy explosion rocked capital Kabul early Thursday morning. According to security officials, the explosion took as a result of missile attack which took place in the fourth district and in Bagh-e-Bala area of capital Kabul, where the Afghan national grand assembly tent is located.
There is no immediate report regarding the casualties of the incident by the Afghan officials.
But unconfirmed reports suggest that at least one has been injured as a result of the missile attacks.
from KHAAMA press
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other sources:
The Thursday strike, which was claimed by the Taliban, injured one person but highlighted lingering security fears at the four-day loya jirga event which brings together around 2000 elders from around the warring country.
"It's apparently rocket shots fired into Kabul," said the city's police chief Mohammad Ayoub Salangi after witnesses reported two loud explosions shortly after 8am (1430 AEDT), before day two of the loya jirga started.
Interior ministry spokesman Sediq Sediqqi said one of the rockets landed by the side of a road in an area next to the Intercontinental Hotel, which an AFP reporter said was roughly 500 metres from the jirga venue.
One civilian was "slightly injured" by the other rocket, Sediqqi said, which landed several kilometres (miles) from the jirga venue.
In a text message sent to journalists, the Taliban claimed it launched two rockets at the loya jirga tent late Wednesday.
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other sources:
The Thursday strike, which was claimed by the Taliban, injured one person but highlighted lingering security fears at the four-day loya jirga event which brings together around 2000 elders from around the warring country.
"It's apparently rocket shots fired into Kabul," said the city's police chief Mohammad Ayoub Salangi after witnesses reported two loud explosions shortly after 8am (1430 AEDT), before day two of the loya jirga started.
Interior ministry spokesman Sediq Sediqqi said one of the rockets landed by the side of a road in an area next to the Intercontinental Hotel, which an AFP reporter said was roughly 500 metres from the jirga venue.
One civilian was "slightly injured" by the other rocket, Sediqqi said, which landed several kilometres (miles) from the jirga venue.
In a text message sent to journalists, the Taliban claimed it launched two rockets at the loya jirga tent late Wednesday.
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