Afghan security forces ended an 11-hour standoff in central Kabul after terrorists attacked a US-based humanitarian agency, CARE International, setting off a auto bomb in front of the office and storming the building. The end of the hours-long standoff brought the death toll from two days of attacks in the capital to 25.
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The Afghan Crisis Response Unit (CRU) members on Tuesday gunned down all insurgents that had been holed up in CARE NGO’s building in Shar-e-Naw overnight in Kabul. Forty-two people, including ten foreigners, were rescued by Afghan security forces during the attack, Sediqi said.
The attack in a prosperous business and residential area of the capital took place just hours after a Taliban suicide attack near the Defence Ministry killed at least 24 people, including a number of senior security officials.
At least one civilian was also killed and six others were wounded as a result of the attack, the Afghan interior ministry has said.
Explosions and erratic gunfire rang out Tuesday in a militant attack on a Kabul charity, which erupted hours after a double bombing carried out by the Taliban killed at least 25 people and left dozens of others wounded.
The statement added the determination of the Afghan government and Afghan people, which have stepped up their efforts against terrorism with the support of the worldwide community, can not be crippled by these terrorist attacks.
The Taliban’s ability to conduct coordinated deadly attacks in Kabul has increased pressure on Ghani’s government, which has struggled to reassure the population that it can guarantee security.
Earlier, a series of blasts left at least 24 people dead and almost 100 others wounded.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for it, although the Taliban has said it was to blame for the twin attack on Monday.
The attack followed a twin bombing earlier in the day in which 35 people were killed.
“An armed group launched an attack on what is believed to have been an Afghan government compound located close to the Kabul office of CARE”, the charity said, adding its staff had been safely evacuated.
Public health ministry spokesman Ismail Kawasi said another 91 people were wounded in the attack in central Kabul.
Mohammad Radmanish, a Defense Ministry spokesman, told Anadolu Agency more lives were lost when police and civilians rushed to the site of the first blast and the second bomber then blew himself up.
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The attack will deepen the sense of insecurity and tension at a time when the US -backed government is already facing criticism for failing to ensure security.
