ACCORDING to a report filed in today by mail online,Taliban
suicide bombers have blown up a car bomb in an attack on the presidential
palace and the CIA headquarters in Afghanistan.
Militants attacked the eastern gates of the palace at around
6.30am as a group of journalists were gathered for a press conference with
President Hamid Karzai.
A series of gunfire and around seven or eight explosions
were heard in the battle which lasted around 45 minutes.
The army said three or four attackers were killed but knew
of no other deaths of security forces or civilians.
Smoke was seen rising from the large, fortified area in
downtown Kabul that also includes the U.S. Embassy and the headquarters for the
NATO-led coalition forces.
Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid claimed responsibility,
saying in a text message 'we brought death to the enemy.'
He later suggested in an emailed statement that all three
buildings had been targeted, saying the attack came 'near the Ariana Hotel, the
important CIA base, and also the presidential palace and Ministry of Defense.'
Mujahid claimed the attackers had inflicted "heavy
casualties," but Afghanistan's Kabul division army commander Gen. Kadam
Shah Shahim said he knew of no deaths among security forces or civilians.
He said his forces killed all of the attackers, three or
four men who had jumped out of a car and opened fire.
BBC correspondent Bilal Sarwary said militants were locked
in clashes with President Hamid Karzai's bodyguards, as well as security
personnel from the nearby ministry of defence and a CIA station.
Police had no immediate comment, the Associated Press
reported.
The attack comes after President Karzai expressed concern
that the US had engaged in peace talks with the Taliban.
Lt. Col. Frank Hoelzner, a spokesman for the NATO coalition,
said he had no immediate information but that the headquarters had not been
affected by the attack.
The Taliban have indicated they are willing to open peace
talks with the U.S. and the Afghanistan government and just last week opened an
office in Qatar for possible negotiations.
But at the same time they have not renounced violence and
attacks have continued across Afghanistan.
Why do they always believe these talibans and go ahead to hold peace talks wif em? Where in d world do u negotiate with an enemy and expect that he will keep his end of the bargain? Its a pity the way our supposed leaders go about their policies. Damn shocking if you ask me.
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ReplyDeleteReally surprised. Never seen where an enemy will negotiate and keep to his own part of the bargain. Politics and the world is really turning to something else.
ReplyDeleteTaliban and US peace talks? It must be an idea for a movie because in reality, this is more than a herculean task..
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