Wednesday, July 16, 2014

Afghanistan unrest: Taliban attack Kabul airport --- Heavily armed militants have attacked Kabul International Airport with rocket-propelled grenades and automatic weapons, Afghan police say. -- The Taliban has said it carried out the attack. -- Eyewitnesses said the militants took over an unused building near the heavily guarded airport. -- Airport officials told Reuters news agency that all flights had now been diverted to other Afghan cities. There are no reports yet of any casualties. -- Eyewitness Ramin Anwari told the BBC that neighbours were woken by the sound of fighting. -- "I could hear more than 10 explosions, some really heavy, in a matter of some minutes coming from the area across the airport," he said. -- Afghan police and special forces are currently engaged with the militants in buildings near the airport, and reports suggest they have surrounded them. -- An interior ministry official told the BBC that the airport itself had not been damaged in the attack, claiming "not a single rocket" had landed inside. - More, BBC, http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-28339526

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