Afghanistan parliament attack – live updates - The Guardian

There were chaotic scenes after the attack as the security forces struggled to cope, Fawzia Koofi, a lawmaker who was in the parliament building at the time of the attack, told Sune Engel Rasmussen in Kabul.

“The parliament ceiling fell down, including the lights and everything. Then shooting started from here and there,” she said. There was a “huge lack of coordination” on part of the security forces, she added. “

We went to the basement but we didn’t see any security forces. We went to the basement ourselves,” she said. After thirty minutes, she said, she and other parliamentarians were able to get inside their armoured vehicles to drive to safety.

“The enemies of Afghanistan would like to harm our democracy. We are not armed people we are just talking,” Koofi said.

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Afghanistan parliament attack – live updates