Taliban denies attacking Red Cross compound in Afghanistan
Source: AP
The Taliban has denied any role in this week's attack on a Red Cross compound in eastern Afghanistan, saying they had previously co-operated with the aid agency and did not support targeting it.
The rare public denial by the insurgents deepened the mystery of who was behind the assault on Wednesday that began when a suicide bomber detonated a device at the compound's gate and another gunman entered the compound. An Afghan guard was killed in the explosion, and seven international staff inside the compound were later rescued by police.
Afghan Taliban spokesman Qari Yousef Ahmadi said on Friday that the Taliban had previously given their blessing to the ICRC to conduct polio vaccinations in areas they control and would never attack an independent aid group.
"We are not involved, and we are not supporting this kind of attack," he said in a terse emailed statement.
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