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Live: Gunbattle In Kabul, Govt Building Taken Over
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by Amitjha | August 10, 2009 at 02:09 am
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Latest reports from Logar province, near the capital Kabul, says that gun battle between the Militants and security forces is going on.Militants have taken over the government building and targeting the Police Chief head quarter.
There is no report of any causality.It is noteworthy that Afghanistan will go for election in just 10 days.
Taliban militants in Afghanistan have taken over a government building and are firing into the headquarters of the chief of police, officials say.
Locals in Logar province, near the capital Kabul, say the area has been evacuated amid reports of gun battles and Apache helicopters overhead.
One official described rockets hitting the building and small arms fire when the raid began.
The attack comes 10 days before nationwide elections in Afghanistan.
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at 04:15 on August 10th, 2009
Scary, when you consider they are bold enough now to take over government buildings in Kabul. Keep us posted Amitjha.
at 04:44 on August 10th, 2009
There will be casualties, there is no doubt about that, hope it will be minimum.