Saturday, March 29, 2014

Afghanistan election HQ attack: Taliban militants killed --- Taliban militants who attacked Afghanistan's election commission headquarters have all been killed, police say. -- Gunmen broke into a nearby building, disguised as women, and opened fire on the commission compound. -- Police said special forces killed four attackers, while the Interior Ministry put the number at five. -- The attack comes a week before presidential elections which the Taliban have vowed to disrupt. -- 'Dressed as women', The assailants used a three-storey building as a launch pad for their attack on the election commission headquarters. -- Kabul police chief General Zahir told the BBC the attackers were armed with rocket-propelled grenade launchers and other weapons. -- Security forces battled the militants for about five hours, while IEC staff and eight international United Nations employees took refuge in safe rooms, AP reports. - More, BBC, at: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-26798922

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