Kabul: The Taliban launched a series of coordinated attacks on as many as seven sites across the Afghan capital on Sunday, targeting NATO bases, the parliament and Western embassies. Terrorists also launched near-simultaneous assaults in three other eastern cities.
A suicide attack has taken place on Afghanistan Parliament building in Kabul. While the details on number of the attackers is not, at least 9 explosions have been heard so far.
Parliament is under siege and gunmen are also firing from nearby buildings. According to initial reports, Taliban has claimed responsibility for the attack. According to initial reports, Taliban has claimed responsibility for the attack.
Terror attacks in Kabul have risen in the past two months after a lull at the beginning of the year. The city of 3.5 million has never fully stabilized since a US-led war ousted the hardline Islamist Taliban regime in 2001.
Officials could not immediately confirm whether Taliban fighters had breached the high-security Parliament building and there were no immediate reports on casualties.
The insurgents launched a countrywide offensive in late April, stepping up attacks on government and foreign targets in what is expected to be the bloodiest fighting season in a decade.
The terrorists recently rebuffed requests from senior Afghan clerics to halt attacks during the fasting month of Ramadan even as a surge in violence has sent civilian casualties soaring.
Bureau Report
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