Assailants, some wearing suicide vests, attacked the Justice Ministry and another government building in the Afghan capital on Wednesday, causing multiple deaths and forcing people to flee from building windows, officials and witnesses said. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attacks.
Assailants, some wearing suicide vests, attacked the Justice Ministry and another government building in the Afghan capital on Wednesday, causing multiple deaths and forcing people to flee from building windows, officials and witnesses said. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attacks.
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At least five men armed with assault rifles and grenades attacked the Justice Ministry in the center of Kabul, said Mohammad Ali, a ministry employee.
Two assailants died in the ensuing firefight with security officers, while the others were still holed up in the building.
An AP reporter at the scene said ministry workers were fleeing the building through the windows on the second floor as the shooting continued.
Witnesses said three other people were killed. "I was in my office on the second floor of the Justice Ministry when I heard the sound of a strong explosion on the first floor. I came out of my office to see what was going on and I saw a man with an AK-47 shooting at every employee he saw in the hall. I saw three employees dead, including one of my colleagues," said Nazir Mohammad, a ministry worker.
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