Taliban gunmen armed with suicide bombs and heavy weaponry on Tuesday launched

Taliban gunmen armed with suicide bombs and heavy weaponry on Tuesday launched coordinated attacks in Kabul, targeting NATO’s headquarters, the US embassy and the Afghan intelligence agency.

Gunfire and blasts engulfed what is usually the most heavily protected part of the Afghan capital, with a Taliban insurgency now at its deadliest since US-led troops ousted the Islamists’ regime after the 9/11 attacks 10 years ago.

The attacks were the latest sign that security has drastically deteriorated in Kabul, where insurgents have staged increasingly brazen commando-style raids on Western targets, such as on the British Council two weeks ago.

A Taliban spokesman told AFP by text message that the target was ISAF headquarters, the US embassy and Afghanistan’s intelligence agency, the National Directorate of Security (NDS) and other “sensitive government places”.

Source AFP