A series of attacks by the terrorists on Afghan army, police and the installations of North Atlantic Treaty Organisation killed at leased forty-two people in Kabul and injured hundreds of poor citizens.
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The names and nationalities of the foreign military and civilian contractors killed were not released.
Afghan security personnel inspect the site of a vehicle bomb attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, August 7, 2015. Other details were not immediately released.
The attack on the camp followed within hours of a suicide attack on a police academy in Kabul that killed 20 people and wounded at least 24.
A wave of attacks rocked Kabul, leaving more than 40 people dead and more than 300 injured.
Observers said it was hard not to link Friday’s string of attacks to the power struggle within the Taliban, which comes just as the group was beginning initial peace talks with the Afghan government.
Afghanistan’s Analysts Network’s Thomas Ruttig questioned: “The question is, who is sending the message?” “So if you want to show that you’re strong, blowing stuff up is one way to do that”.
The Wall Street Journal reports three Americans were injured in an explosion that occurred outside the headquarters of the U.S. military’s Special Forces in Kabul at Camp Integrity.
Officials said Friday evening’s suicide bomber was dressed in police uniform when he detonated an explosives-laden vest outside the gates of Kabul’s police academy. We again call upon the Taliban, other Afghan militant groups, and anyone supporting them to bring an end to violence in Afghanistan.
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Friday’s death is only the third for coalition service members so far this year, as tens of thousands of troops were withdrawn last year, and the remaining forces have largely retreated into a handful of fortified bases around the country.
