Multiple attacks in kabul killed 18

The Indians are supposed to have contained an army officer working at the Indira Gandhi Children’s Hospital in Kabul & Nawab Khan, a noted tabla player who was there for a cultural programme.

The Taliban declared responsibility for the multiple attacks. 1 of these was a bomb explosion outer an apartment block that housed many Indians, more military men is working at the hospital. In another attack, suicide bombers stormed a guesthouse frequented by Britons & Americans. A 90-minute firefight among security forces & extra insurgents followed. An Italian embassy officer & 2 Afghan policeperson were among the dead.

Zabiullah Mujahid claimed responsiblility for the assaults on behalf of the Taliban spokesman, said 5 insurgents, with 2 suicide bombers, had aimed “where the foreign people are staying”.