Shootout at U.N. compound in Afghan capital
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STORY: The United Nations compound came under attack in Kabul on Friday by Taliban insurgents who set off several explosions and then shot at police after holing themselves up in a nearby residential building.
The police chief said all the foreigners had been evacuated and were safe. At least two policemen were injured in the fire fight.
The attack, in the center of town, was coordinated and came eight days after six Americans, soldiers and civilians, and nine Afghans were killed in a suicide car bombing in Kabul.
The Taliban, fighting to expel Western forces and establish Islamist rule, claimed responsibility, saying a compound used by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), had been attacked.
Concern is mounting about how the 352,000 members of the Afghan security forces will cope with the militants after most foreign NATO-led combat troops leave by the end of next year.
There was no information about anyone wh
STORY: The United Nations compound came under attack in Kabul on Friday by Taliban insurgents who set off several explosions and then shot at police after holing themselves up in a nearby residential building.
The police chief said all the foreigners had been evacuated and were safe. At least two policemen were injured in the fire fight.
The attack, in the center of town, was coordinated and came eight days after six Americans, soldiers and civilians, and nine Afghans were killed in a suicide car bombing in Kabul.
The Taliban, fighting to expel Western forces and establish Islamist rule, claimed responsibility, saying a compound used by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), had been attacked.
Concern is mounting about how the 352,000 members of the Afghan security forces will cope with the militants after most foreign NATO-led combat troops leave by the end of next year.
There was no information about anyone wh