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Taliban attackers storm police office in Afghan capital
Source: CNN
Taliban attackers storm police office in Afghan capital
By Masoud Popalzai, CNN
January 21, 2013 -- Updated 1254 GMT (2054 HKT)
Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Explosions and gun fire rang out across central Kabul on Monday morning after a group of Taliban insurgents stormed the headquarters of the city's traffic police, the second attack on a government office in the Afghan capital in less than a week.
A suicide bomber detonated his explosives at the entrance gate of the traffic police compound. Two or three other attackers then managed to charge inside the main building, armed with machine guns and more explosives, said Mohammad Ayoub Salangi, chief of Kabul Police.
Afghan security forces surrounded the area and began an operation to kill the assailants, Salangi said.
More blasts went off and gunfire echoed around the neighborhood, where the offices of several other Afghan government agencies are situated.
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By Masoud Popalzai, CNN
January 21, 2013 -- Updated 1254 GMT (2054 HKT)
Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Explosions and gun fire rang out across central Kabul on Monday morning after a group of Taliban insurgents stormed the headquarters of the city's traffic police, the second attack on a government office in the Afghan capital in less than a week.
A suicide bomber detonated his explosives at the entrance gate of the traffic police compound. Two or three other attackers then managed to charge inside the main building, armed with machine guns and more explosives, said Mohammad Ayoub Salangi, chief of Kabul Police.
Afghan security forces surrounded the area and began an operation to kill the assailants, Salangi said.
More blasts went off and gunfire echoed around the neighborhood, where the offices of several other Afghan government agencies are situated.
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Read more: http://edition.cnn.com/2013/01/21/world/asia/afghanistan-violence/
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