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artappraiser — Fri, 24 May 2013 20:46:09 +0000

In reply to Taliban Attacks: Abduct 11 Civilians From Downed Helicopter; Sharp Rise in Attacks

Caption: Children ran from Kabul's diplomatic quarters after a bomb attack.
Credit: Omar Sobhani/Reuters

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Insurgents Attack Near U.N. Mission in Kabul
By Rod Nordland and Sharifullah Sahak, New York Times, May 24/25, 2013

KABUL, Afghanistan — Taliban insurgents blasted their way into the compound of an international organization on Friday, killing at least two people, and starting a gun battle that continued into the night, Afghan officials said.

At least one of the attackers, who targeted the International Organization for Migration, an organization affiliated with the United Nations here, remained holed up in the heart of one of the capital’s diplomatic quarters more than six hours after the assault began.

Seventeen people were wounded, including at least one foreigner [....]

The head of the United Nations in Kabul, Jan Kubis, condemned the attack [.....]

The Kabul police chief, Gen. Mohammad Ayoub Salangi, said there were five attackers, and one blew himself up at the gate of the United Nations’ Compound A, the main facility for the mission’s offices and housing, in the central Shar-e-Naw neighborhood, which was near the compound for the International Organization for Migration.

The four other attackers, he said, were disguised as women in burqas and had taken refuge in a house nearby. Police had killed two of them, but two were still fighting back, he said earlier Friday. “We will soon end this fight,” General Salangi said. [.....]

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