TEHRAN, December 25 - In a 7-hour exchange of fire with Afghan police on Monday night, gunmen who raided a government building in the Afghan capital city of Kabul killed 28 people and wounded more than 20 others, Afghan authorities said.
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) - A policeman and three of the attackers who were shot dead by Afghan security forces were among the others killed, Interior Ministry spokesman Najib Danish said.
The attack began in the afternoon when a suicide bomber blew himself up in a car outside the public works ministry. Militants then stormed the building of the National Authority for Disabled People and Martyrs’ Families, taking civilians hostage as they fought a gun battle against Afghan soldiers.
Afghan security forces went from floor to floor of the building in an operation to rescue over 350 people inside, but had to exercise restraint in their operations against the attackers given the number of employees there, a senior security official said.
No militant group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack.
These terrorist attacks and the likes happens while thousands of US army forces have been presented in Afghanistan since 2001 to fight terrorism.
After September 11 terrorist attacks US invaded immediately to Afghanistan under the pretext of fighting terrorism.
Source: Reuters
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