Blast Heard as Gunmen Attack Afghan 'Save the Children' Office in Jalalabad

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Save the Children suspends operations in Afghanistan after deadly attack
2 dead, 14 wounded in attack carried out by multiple suspects
The Associated Press Posted: Jan 24, 2018 9:00 AM ET Last Updated: Jan 24, 2018 9:00 AM ET

Afghan police officers take position during gunbattle in Jalalabad on Wednesday. Officials say a police officer and a civilian were killed in the attack on Save the Children. (Parwiz/Reuters)

A group of gunmen stormed a non-governmental children's organization in eastern Nangarhar province on Wednesday, killing two, provincial officials said.

Attahullah Khogyani, spokesperson for the provincial governor, said the attack targeted Save the Children's provincial office in Jalalabad.

Khogyani said a police officer and a civilian were killed in the attack. One insurgent carried out a suicide bombing, a second was killed by police and a third was still fighting, he said.

Inamullah Miakhial, spokesman for Nangarhar regional hospital, said at least 14 wounded were brought to the hospital. The casualty count could rise as a gun battle was still underway, he said.



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The attack started with the suicide bomber and was followed by gunfire, said Khogyani.

The Islamic State of Iraq in Syria (ISIS) claimed the attack in a report from its Aamaq news agency. It said a suicide bomber attacked with an explosive-laden vehicle and a subsequent raid targeted "British and Swedish foundations and Afghan government institutes."

Both Taliban insurgents and ISIS are active in eastern Nangarhar province.

'Outrageous' attack part of deadly week
Monica Zanarelli, the International Committee of the Red Cross's head of delegation in Afghanistan, said an attack against an organization that helps children is "outrageous."

"Civilians and aid workers must not be targeted," she said in a statement. "Increased violence has made operating in Afghanistan difficult for many organizations."
The attack follows a deadly weekend siege of the Intercontinental Hotel in the capital Kabul in which 22 people were killed, including 14 foreigners. Multiple U.S. citizens were killed and injured in the Taliban's 13-hour siege of the hotel, the State Department said Tuesday. No exact figures were immediately available for either the U.S. fatalities or injuries.

Eleven of the 14 foreigners had been previously identified as working for the private Afghan airline KamAir. During a ceremony at Kabul's airport Wednesday the bodies of seven Ukrainian citizens were handed over to officials for transfer to Ukraine.

Mirwais Samadi, head of the consulate department of the Afghanistan Foreign Ministry, said the attack was launched by "terrorists" and their supporters.

"Some of our countrymen were martyred and some foreign nationals also were killed," he said. "We express our condolences and thoughts to the victims and families."

In eastern Ghazni province, meanwhile, four Afghan police were killed after their checkpoint came under attack by insurgents, said Arif Noori, spokesman for the provincial governor.

Six insurgents were killed and three were wounded in the battle, which took place early morning Wednesday in Dayak district, said Noori.

 

[kingQamaR]

These attacks on charity groups are a fallout of Americans of using a bogus charity groups in Pakistan to track Osama bin Ladin under Polio campaign what ever . Now we are seeing. Charity groups are seen as targets perceived spies doing western bidding . So Point people to that direction for these attacks happening your America to blame for it

 

[undercover JIX]

30 days extension is ending soon, any update/progress on that? or like everything else that was a hawai firing?

 

[kasper95]

It could be an attack in response to the terrorists killed in the droan attack.

 

[Pakistansdefender]

Pakistan must learn some lessons now.
The people sitting in corridors of power, the establishment must realise that , it is pakistan tgat has suffered so much in the decade of terrorism we faced. Things are improving but very fragile.
Close the border. Relocate the haqqanis , if there are any and they are so dear to you, to Afghanistan. Of course I know it is not written on their head who is haqqani or not. But atleast deport all non registered Afghans. Close the border.
Things are not going to improve in Afghanistan.
Stop playing with fire....
Only kill anti pakistan elements ttp, bla and bra, or ahrar through secret operations or drones. Leave the rest of Afghanistan to them. Let them sort out.
Make a new border force.
Western border is more dangerous then eastern one.

Isis accepted the responsibility.
The nds is blaming haqqani.
The problem in Afghanistan is that they are pointing in wrong direction. Sadly.
Nobody stopped them to clean their own house. No body stopped them to conquer back 50 percent of Afghanistan. Nobody stopped them to talk.
The only solution to every Afghan problem is blaming pakistan.

 

[jetray]

As usual ISIS claim responsibility , ISIS is a excuse for all the proxies indulging in dastardly acts.