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Death toll rises to 64 in Taliban's deadliest Kabul attack since 2011
Source: The Guardian
Death toll rises to 64 in Taliban's deadliest Kabul attack since 2011
Sune Engel Rasmussen in Kabul
Wednesday 20 April 2016 13.33 BST
The Afghan government has revised the death toll after Tuesday’s Taliban attack in Kabul to 64, in what appears to be the deadliest assault on the Afghan capital since 2001. An additional 347 were injured, many of them civilians.
Previous large-scale attacks, on a Shia mosque in 2011 and the Indian embassy in 2008, killed 54 and 58 people, respectively.
Officials initially said 30 people had died on Tuesday, but failed to account for what had happened inside the base targeted in the attack.
During morning rush hour, a suicide bomber struck an elite military unit that was training bodyguards for Afghan politicians and officials. According to a security source, at least 11 personnel were killed, including a nephew of the second vice-president, Sarwar Danish.
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Sune Engel Rasmussen in Kabul
Wednesday 20 April 2016 13.33 BST
The Afghan government has revised the death toll after Tuesday’s Taliban attack in Kabul to 64, in what appears to be the deadliest assault on the Afghan capital since 2001. An additional 347 were injured, many of them civilians.
Previous large-scale attacks, on a Shia mosque in 2011 and the Indian embassy in 2008, killed 54 and 58 people, respectively.
Officials initially said 30 people had died on Tuesday, but failed to account for what had happened inside the base targeted in the attack.
During morning rush hour, a suicide bomber struck an elite military unit that was training bodyguards for Afghan politicians and officials. According to a security source, at least 11 personnel were killed, including a nephew of the second vice-president, Sarwar Danish.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/20/death-toll-rises-talibans-deadliest-attack-kabul-since-2011
