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| Taliban attack Afghan presidential palace |
| 2013-06-25 |
| Taliban gunmen attacked Afghanistan's presidential palace and surrounding buildings, including the CIA's Afghan headquarters, early on Tuesday, with explosions and gunfire shaking the city center. A Reuters reporter at the palace said the attack began soon after 6.30 a.m., when at least one man opened fire with an automatic rifle at a gate to the palace in the central Shash Darak district. Karzai's whereabouts were not immediately known, though he was due to attend a press event at the palace after 9 a.m. Reporters had been gathering at the palace when the attack began and dived for cover as government forces returned fire. Heavy explosions resounded and the gunfire intensified. Schoolchildren walking to classes nearby were also caught in the exchanges. The Taliban claimed responsibility the attack in a text message to Kabul reporters from spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid. "Today at 6.30 a.m. a number of suicide bombers attacked the presidential palace, defense ministry and the Ariana Hotel," Mujahid said. The Ariana Hotel is known to house the headquarters of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in Afghanistan. A thick plume of smoke was seen rising from the building. |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #9 FYI TOPIX > [Daily Times PK] PAKISTAN GOVT HAS NO AUTHORITY FOR DIALOGUE: TTP. and * DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > US COMMITS TO AGHAN TALIBAN PEACE TALKS DESPITE KABUL ATTACK. Lest we fergit, PAKISTAN = NUCLEAR ARSENAL, AFGHANISTAN = NO NUCLEAR ARSENAL. Hence ... * WORLD NEWS > PAKISTAN NUKES ARE BIGGER THREAT THAN IRAN, to which both the US Govt + mainstream are seeming blind to??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2013-06-25 23:10 |
| #8 Don't forget the GUAM Nations. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2013-06-25 19:33 |
| #7 China Side : Kashmir Side : Xinghua Province - Tibet All Rumoured : N-E-X-T- |
| Posted by: Betty Therese7667 2013-06-25 18:30 |
| #6 Russia : Caucaussus Republics : Watch - Next -DOKU Breach |
| Posted by: Phmohlse Shockarin 2013-06-25 18:21 |
| #5 Ham-eeeeeed said he might join the Taliban. Maybe this is just induction ritual hazing? |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2013-06-25 11:15 |
| #4 When does Karzai bug out with the boodle to Paris and settle himself in posh digs? |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2013-06-25 10:51 |
| #3 the attack began soon after 6.30 a.m., when at least one man opened fire with an automatic rifle |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2013-06-25 08:35 |
| #2 So how are those 'negotiations' going? |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2013-06-25 08:05 |
| #1 Oh Goody!!! Obama has HIS war!!!!! Let the Coup d'etat begin!!! |
| Posted by: AlanC 2013-06-25 06:46 |