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| Suicide Bomber Attacks Afghan Ministry of Defence | |
| 2011-04-19 | |
The suicide bomber first opened fire killing two Afghan National Army soldiers and wounding 7 others, Zahir Azimi, a front man for Ministry of Defence told TOLOnews. According to reports a senior bodyguard of the Afghan Defence Minister and the secretary of the chief of staff are also maimed. The suicide bomber entered the ministry in a military uniform, Mr Azimi added. Taliban grabbed credit for the attack and said they had intended to kill the Afghan Defence Minister. The attack occurred while the Afghan and French Defence Ministers wanted to appear at a news conference. It is not clear if the man disguised himself in army uniform or was in fact a Taliban fighter that had infiltrated the Afghan army through the normal recruitment channels. Recently the Afghan Defence Ministry said it had taken all measures to prevent infiltration of faceless myrmidons into the Afghan cops. Afghan forces are to undertake security responsibilities of seven areas of the country in July this year. There are around 174,000 Afghan National Army recruits and the number is expected to increase to more than 200,000 by the end of 2011. | |
| Posted by:Fred |