Wednesday
Feb112009
Breaking News: Taliban Attacks in Kabul
Wednesday, February 11, 2009 at 15:19
3:45 p.m. In addition to the coordinated bombings in Kabul, insurgents have killed a French soldier and an Afghan translator and seriously wounded another French soldier.
12:50 p.m. CNN now reporting at least 23 dead and at 69 wounded in the attacks, which now appear to have been coordinated across three ministries (justice, education, and finance) and a prison.
11:30 a.m. Reuters has updated with a summary of the twin attacks.
9 a.m.: At least 10 dead in the attacks on Ministry of Justice complex. Another 10 people died in the earlier suicide bombing north of Kabul.
6:45 a.m. GMT: The Ministry of Justice has been attacked by two suicide bombers and five gunmen. Police sources say at least eight people have been killed, including two of the attackers. Other assailants are still inside the building.
The attack follows another double suicide bombing north of Kabul on Wednesday.
6:15 a.m. GMT: Taliban gunmen have attacked the Ministry of Justice and another building in Kabul, Afghanistan. There are "multiple casualties", and some attackes are still inside the Ministry.
12:50 p.m. CNN now reporting at least 23 dead and at 69 wounded in the attacks, which now appear to have been coordinated across three ministries (justice, education, and finance) and a prison.
11:30 a.m. Reuters has updated with a summary of the twin attacks.
9 a.m.: At least 10 dead in the attacks on Ministry of Justice complex. Another 10 people died in the earlier suicide bombing north of Kabul.
6:45 a.m. GMT: The Ministry of Justice has been attacked by two suicide bombers and five gunmen. Police sources say at least eight people have been killed, including two of the attackers. Other assailants are still inside the building.
The attack follows another double suicide bombing north of Kabul on Wednesday.
6:15 a.m. GMT: Taliban gunmen have attacked the Ministry of Justice and another building in Kabul, Afghanistan. There are "multiple casualties", and some attackes are still inside the Ministry.
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