It also follows the most deadly attack in Kabul in years, as in July 80 people were killed in an attack targeting a protest march being carried out by the Shia Hazara minority group in Kabul.
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She said that China opposes, as always, all forms of terrorism.
President Ashraf Ghani condemned the attack in a statement saying “terrorist groups attempt to reach their ominous goals by spreading fear”. “As a friendly neighbor of Afghanistan, China sincerely hopes that Afghanistan could realize peace, stability and development as early as possible”, said Hua.
Gunmen stormed the headquarters of an global charity in the heart of Kabul and then battled police in an 11-hour standoff before being killed Tuesday morning, the Afghan government said.
Afghan security personnel patrol near the site of an ongoing attack on a charity in central at the Shar-e-Naw in Kabul on September 6.
A bomber struck close to the building used by Care International late on Monday night, after which three gunman entered the building.
Among those killed was General Abdul Raziq, a senior Afghan army official and the chief of police for district two of Kabul city.
Sediq Sediqqi, the spokesman for the Ministry of Interior says the target of the attack was not immediately clear.
“A group of three suicide bombers equipped with light and heavy rounds of ammunition, suicide vests and an explosives-laden vehicle attacked the humanitarian organization (Care) in Shar Naw area, Kabul City”, the statement reads.
The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack, adding that it had killed tens of soldiers and officers in its recent effort to take chunks out of the security elite in Kabul.
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Kabul traffic was blocked in several parts of the city and schools in the area were closed, as security officials evacuated civilians from their offices and homes near the explosion site.
Afghanistan’s foreign partners, concerned about the ability of the security forces to withstand Taliban violence, are expected to pledge support over coming years at the Brussels conference, three months after North Atlantic Treaty Organisation members reaffirmed their commitment at a meeting in Warsaw. An Afghani driver was also injured in that attack.
One of the attackers was wearing a military uniform to blend in with security forces as they left work at the end of the day.
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Afghan forces backed by U.S. troops are trying to head off a potential Taliban takeover of Lashkar Gah, the capital of the southern opium-rich province of Helmand.
