Dozens wounded after attackers target foreign aid group office in Kabul

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At least two dozen people were injured in the violence engulfing an office of non-profit Counterpart International, which is largely funded by the U.S. government, but it was not immediately clear if foreigners were among them

Interior ministry spokesman Nasrat Rahimi said the attackers were still putting up resistance from a building where they had holed up, although hundreds of people, including group employees who had been trapped inside, were rescued.“Two floors of the building have been cleared and to avoid civilian casualties, the operation is being undertaken with caution,” he added.

“My family is stuck in our house close to the site and they are terrified,” said a government employee, Naqibullah. Officials of Counterpart, which has operated in Afghanistan since 2005, were not immediately available to comment.Taliban militants claimed responsibility for the attack on the third day of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, with a spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid, calling the group a U.S. network involved in harmful Western activities in Afghanistan.

“The Taliban must respond positively to the peace demand of the Afghan people, otherwise, they will be suppressed by our heroic and brave security forces,” Ghani said in a statement condemning Wednesday’s attack as un-Islamic.

 

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