{"id":3917,"date":"2014-11-30T06:18:08","date_gmt":"2014-11-30T06:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/wp3\/?p=3917"},"modified":"2014-11-30T06:18:08","modified_gmt":"2014-11-30T06:18:08","slug":"taliban-hit-kabul-aid-workers-compound-breach-camp-bastion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sunnionline.us\/english\/2014\/11\/30\/3917\/","title":{"rendered":"Taliban hit Kabul aid workers&#8217;compound, breach Camp Bastion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"images\/stories\/news3\/afghan-troops.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"float: right; margin: 5px;\" \/>Taliban gunmen stormed a guest house for foreign aid workers in the Afghan capital on Saturday and fought inside former U.S. and British base Camp Bastion in the south, just a month after it was vacated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Authorities fear hostages may have been taken in Saturday&#8217;s assault on the guest house in Kabul&#8217;s western Karte She district. The area was cordoned off and gunfire and explosions could be heard late into the evening.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It was the second attack in three days to target living quarters of international aid workers.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">At least two fighters in suicide vests entered the compound late on Saturday afternoon and were still inside in early evening, said Qadam Shah Shaheem, commander of the Afghan army&#8217;s 111 Military Corps Kabul.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;We are afraid the attackers may have taken some people hostage. We are therefore acting very cautiously to avoid casualties,&#8221; Shaheem said.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">He said at least two Afghan guards were wounded. He did not know the name of the aid organisation.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Taliban claimed responsibility, with a spokesman saying in a statement that their fighters had targeted a Christian organisation seeking to convert Muslims.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">On Thursday, Taliban gunmen stormed another guest house in Kabul&#8217;s diplomatic quarter, though only the attackers were killed.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In southern Afghanistan, Afghan army soldiers continued to fight to oust several Taliban gunmen who were able to breach the perimeter of Camp Bastion, a major base handed over to Afghans by the British and U.S. militaries just one month ago.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The militants and army forces were exchanging sporadic gunfire on Saturday morning inside the camp in Helmand province, said Gen. Ayatullah Khan, commander of the army regiment in the area.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A few dozen Taliban fighters with automatic weapons and suicide vests attacked the base on Thursday, Khan said.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;Some managed to get inside, took position, and started the gunfight,&#8221; Khan said, adding that the insurgents appeared to be holed up at an inner facility.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">At least five Afghan soldiers were killed Friday in fighting at the base, said Omar Zwak, a spokesman for Helmand&#8217;s governor.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">He said 26 of the insurgents were killed on Friday, but a few fighters remained.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Camp Bastion was handed over to the Afghan military as part of the coalition&#8217;s drawdown.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Taliban, who were ousted from power by the U.S.-led coalition in 2001, claimed that hundreds had been killed in the attack. The fighters routinely inflate casualty figures.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Source: <em><strong>World Bulletin<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taliban gunmen stormed a guest house for foreign aid workers in the Afghan capital on Saturday and fought inside former U.S. and British base Camp Bastion in the south, just a month after it was vacated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Taliban hit Kabul aid workers&#039;compound, breach Camp Bastion - SunniOnline<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sunnionline.us\/english\/2014\/11\/30\/3917\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Taliban hit Kabul aid workers&#039;compound, breach Camp Bastion - 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