Gunmen attack intelligence training centre in Kabul

KABUL: Gunmen attacked an intelligence training centre in Kabul yesterday, officials said, as families buried loved ones killed by a suicide bomber a day earlier in the war-weary Afghan capital, reports AFP. The attack on the training facility was the latest incident in a blood-soaked week that saw militants deliver crippling blows to government forces across Afghanistan.

“Clashes are ongoing and the area is cordoned off by the Afghan security forces,” said Kabul police spokesman Hashmat Stanikzai.

The firefight erupted near a training centre overseen by the National Security Directorate—Afghanistan’s intelligence agency—with the gunmen holed up in a construction site near residential buildings, an official at the scene said.

Live television footage showed humvees patrolling the empty streets while gunfire echoed and a helicopter circling above.

Commandos were also deployed to the scene to help contain the fighting, according to another security official.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the incident. The attack comes just hours after a suicide bomber detonated explosives inside an education centre in a predominantly Shiite area of western Kabul, where students were studying for college entrance exams, killing at least 37 people.

 

Gunmen attack intelligence training centre in Kabul

KABUL: Gunmen attacked an intelligence training centre in Kabul yesterday, officials said, as families buried loved ones killed by a suicide bomber a day earlier in the war-weary Afghan capital, reports AFP. The attack on the training facility was the latest incident in a blood-soaked week that saw militants deliver crippling blows to government forces across Afghanistan. Clashes are ongoing and the area is cordoned off by the Afghan security forces, said Kabul police spokesman Hashmat Stanikzai. The firefight erupted near a training centre overseen by the National Security DirectorateAfghanistans intelligence agencywith the gunmen holed up in a construction site near residential buildings, an official at the scene said. Live television footage showed humvees patrolling the empty streets while gunfire echoed and a helicopter circling above. Commandos were also deployed to the scene to help contain the fighting, according to another security official. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the incident. The attack comes just hours after a suicide bomber detonated explosives inside an education centre in a predominantly Shiite area of western Kabul, where students were studying for college entrance exams, killing at least 37 people.