Taliban Assault On Kabul Airport Ends With Seven Militants Dead -- Christian Science Monitor
A small Taliban unit assaulted the Kabul airport just before dawn today. Afghan police and Army units handled the response.
Rocket-propelled grenades and gunfire shook Kabul this morning in a predawn militant attack on Afghanistan’s international airport, which houses a NATO headquarters. Afghan forces responded to the assault quickly, putting an end to the attack four hours after it began.
The Taliban claimed responsibility via texts and e-mails during the attack, which began just after 4 a.m. All seven militants involved died – five were killed by Afghan forces and two detonated suicide bomb vests – and there were no civilian or security force casualties, reports The Wall Street Journal.
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