Attacked one of the hospitals in Kabul, the terrorists took hostage medical personnel and hospital patients. On 8 March, reports the TV channel Khurshid, the content of issue reports “Interfax”.
As reported by Reuters, an eyewitness of the incident, dressed in a white medical gown gunman pulled out a hidden gun and opened fire on civilians, killing one medic and one visitor. Then the attackers occupied the upper floors of the building and clashed with the special forces personnel arrived on the scene. “Our security forces there, the battle is very serious,” — said the press Secretary of the Ministry of defense dawlat Vaziri and said that one commando was killed and three wounded. Also killed one of the attackers, the two continue the confrontation.
The Ministry of health reported that two dead and 12 wounded were evacuated to other hospitals. President Ashraf Ghani in a televised address on International women’s day, said: “the Ongoing attack on the hospital ride roughshod over all human values. In all religions of the hospital buildings are considered inviolable, and the attack on one — attack on all Afghanistan.”
The NATO contingent dislozierung in the country, announced its readiness to assist the Afghan troops. Responsibility for the attack has not picked up, the representative, not the Taliban reported that he had no information about the incident.
March 1, the Taliban staged a double bombing in the Afghan capital. First, extremists attacked the headquarters of the Afghan intelligence in the Eastern outskirts of Kabul in the building managed to penetrate two people. One of them blew himself up, the second shot by the guards. Then was attacked regional police headquarters in the Western part of the city: there also was an explosion, followed by gunfire between the militants and the guards. As a result of these attacks killed several dozen people.