6 killed in Kabul suicide attack (+video)

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KABUL (PAN): Six people were killed and 16 others wounded on Wednesday morning after a suicide attack on an international military base at the 9th police district of Kabul, an official said.

The explosion took place at 6:15 am when a suicide bomber crashed his explosives-laden vehicle at the gate of the Green Village, a military base of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Qabil Bai area on Khwaja Rawash road, said commander of 101st Asmayee Police Zone, Lt. Gen. Mohammad Ayub Salangi.

He told Pajhwok Afghan News that a student and an Afghan guard at the military camp were among those killed in the detonation, he added.

According to witnesses, three consecutive explosions happened in the area after a suicide attacker entered the camp but officials only confirmed a single explosion.

However, a Pajhwok reporter at the scene said that there was another blast few minutes after Salangi briefed media regarding the incident.

Dr. Kabir Amiri, the head of Kabul hospital, confirmed receiving 16 injured victims.

Taliban took responsibility for the strike, their spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid, saying they carried out a car-bomb attack at the entrance of the ISAF camp to allow other fighters to enter the base. He said their fighters were currently fighting with foreign soldiers inside the camp.

An ISAF statement said a small group of insurgents carried out an attack on a private compound this morning in Kabul. The attack was unsuccessful in killing any ISAF personnel but once again resulted in Afghan civilian casualties that included a number of wounded children.

"This is another desperate attack by the Taliban, but again another noteworthy performance by Afghan Security Forces for taking the lead in putting down another desperate attack by insurgents," said General Carsten Jacobson, ISAF spokesman.

"Another attack by the insurgency that resulted in the deaths of innocent Afghan civilians, with most of that being children from a nearby school," Jacobson added.

Afghan forces led a capable and quick response in containing and then killing all attackers, said the statement.

from Pajhwok
by Khwaja Basir Ahmad
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