Afghanistan at least seven armed taliban militants attacked near Afghanistan's main airport on Monday, apparently trying to use rocket launchers, assault rifles and at least a large bomb attacks on NATO's headquarters at the airport. Engaged in a hour long struggle, security forces killed all of the attacks.
, airport officials say the airport was closed all civilian air traffic for attack. It is unclear if attacked facilities within the airport itself is damaged.
"Their goal is clear, because they are in the distance from the airport, we have a lot of installation in this respect," seediq Sediqi interior ministry spokesman said. "They seem to try to hit anything they can. "
Sediqi said, two civilians were injured.
Kabul, deputy police chief daud amin said that seven attackers. Two people will be detonated his suicide vest, five people was shot dead by the police.
Zabiullah mujahid, a spokesman for the taliban has claimed responsibility for the attack, said rebels against NATO.
This is a series of attacks on the capital since the start of the year. Taliban militants have launched a fierce attack, on a national scale as Afghan forces take the safety responsibility most foreign troops leave in advance, next year, more than a decade after more than shelter al-qaeda's leadership, after the u.s.-led invasion toppled the taliban regime islamist group launched on September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States.
Of the last major attacks in May 24, six suicide bombers to attach to the UN's international organisation for migration, three people - including a policeman, a guard and a civilian's home. On May 16, a suicide bomber crashed into a car to the NATO convoys, 15 people were killed, including two American soldiers and four civilians contractors.
Kabul police said in a statement, wearing suicide vests in the occupation of the west side of airport are one or two of the construction of buildings and installations, it is quite a distance shooting. But it is not sure, if they really succeeded in hitting any within the airport.
Said in a statement, around 4:30 in the morning is at least one of the big bang and gun battles with security forces began.
"It first started in a big bang, we think that this is suicide attacks, gun battle began," a police spokesman in Kabul hash matt said Stanikzai. He added that at least five rebels occupy two buildings, is located in a single compound, and began firing rocket-propelled grenades and automatic weapons.
"Sometimes they taken from a building, or from the other, it is a residential area, by the Afghan security forces have surrounded the compound, security forces surrounded the building, and are carefully, because it is a residential area," he added.
Murad ali murad Afghan army general, said the police and military exchanges and insurgent gunfire.
Outside the airport, in the field of civil, there is a tall building is under construction, they are taken from there in military, "he said."
The us-led NATO coalition command to run the war against insurgents at the airport for nearly 12 years old the day to day operations. The airport transportation and other NATO aircraft are used for military.
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