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miracle, this war continues to rage. On Tuesday the reality of the war was once more propelled to the top of news bulletins as the Taliban struck at Nato and government positions across Kabul. Militants armed with :$,-)4%5:$5)33)*"2:)#!*)0"!#*"017,7*)"9)040" !44!,-)*"2$9):#8)#4"+173*7#20A"46)"W?")8+!00'" and Nato's main military base in Kabul. Chaos reigned in the Afghan capital as explosions !#*"21#O:)",$#47#1)*"4$":!443)"46)",74'"3!4)" into Tuesday evening. For more than six hours, X!37+!#"87374!#40"$,,157)*"46)"155):"&$$:0"$B" !#"1#O#706)*"+173*7#2"7#"Y!+13A"5)347#2"+133)40" !#*":$,-)40"4$;!:*"46)"W?")8+!00'A"Z!4$n0" Afghan headquarters and the country's National Directorate of Security. The choice of targets ;!0"5!:47,13!:3'"072#7O,!#4"p"46)0)"4!:2)40" represent the Taliban’s principal adversaries in the unrelenting war. It was well after 9pm in Kabul when local police declared the battle over and the gunmen killed. Bilal Sarwar, a BBC journalist in Kabul, reported on Twitter that the chief of police in the city, Ayub Salangi said the attackers had arrived in a minivan and wore burkas. Less than an hour after declaring the battle over and all 46)"21#8)#"*)!*A"21#O:)"):154)*"!2!7#"7#"46)" besieged building. While Afghan police began ,$8+7#2"46)"+173*7#2A"&$$:"+'"&$$:A"0)!:,67#2" for booby traps, a suicide attacker detonated 670"017,7*)"9)04"$#"46)"0)9)#46"&$$:<"P$37,)"46)#" believed that two more attackers had camped out $#"46)"#7#46"&$$:<"X6)"+!443)";$13*"2$"$#"')4<" Early reports indicate that the day’s drama has claimed seven lives and left 17 people injured. Four of the wounded were victims of the !44!,-"$#"46)"W?")8+!00'",$85$1#*<"D#"!" statement released to media, the American mission indicated that none of those injured
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;):)"W?",747()#0<"Rj$1:"KB26!#0";):)"7#[1:)*" in the attack on the embassy compound, none with life threatening injuries. They included three Afghan visa applicants and one local contract guard,” the statement said. For her 5!:4A"W?"?),:)4!:'"$B"?4!4)"\733!:'"I37#4$#" called the attack "cowardly" and insisted it ;$13*"#$4"*)4):"W?")=$:40"7#"KB26!#704!#< The attacks on Tuesday follow a similar !44!,-"$#"46)"$H,)0"$B"46)"British Council last 8$#46<"C7264"KB26!#"5$37,)"$H,):0"!#*"$#)" foreign national were killed when the Taliban marked the anniversary of Afghanistan's independence from Britain with an attack on the British Council building with a characteristic display of violence. Similar to Tuesday’s attack, the assault on the British Council compound began when a suicide car bomber detonated a vehicle at the front gate of the compound and then followed with a 07L%6$1:%3$#2"21#"+!443)"+)4;))#";)33%!:8)*" Taliban militants and Afghan forces. This spate of attacks will cast aspersions on the ability of Afghan security forces to take over security operations in the country after the scheduled withdrawal of Nato, but KB26!#"P:)07*)#4"\!87*"Y!:(!7"7#0704)*"7#" a statement released on Tuesday night that the attacks would not hamper the process of transition."The attacks cannot stop the process `4:!#0747$#e"B:$8"4!-7#2"53!,)"!#*",!##$4"!=),4A" but rather embolden our people's determination in taking the responsibility for their country's $;#"!=!7:0Ao"Y!:(!7"0!7*<"
READ MORE:
1. Taliban attacks near US embassy in Kabul raise questions of infiltration in The Christian Science Monitor 2. Militants Launch Attack on U.S. Embassy in Kabul in The New York Times 3. British Council 'not deterred' by Kabul attack in The Guardian (UK)
WEDNESDAY - 14 SEPTEMBER 2011