Militants stormed an intelligence agency training center in Kabul on Monday in an attack claimed by the Daesh terrorist group, triggering an intense gunbattle with Afghan police.
Security forces battled the militants, besieged in a construction site at the National Directorate of Security (NDS), for hours before killing at least two attackers.
“They were well hidden in buildings under construction. We exploded their VBIED and killed two or three of them,” a source with the NDS told AFP on condition of anonymity, referring to a car bomb that attackers brought to the scene.
Kabul police spokesman Basir Mujahid said two police officers were injured but there were no civilian casualties.
During the attack, roads to the area were closed and dozens of police and intelligence officers blocked access to the public.
“I was going toward my school. It (the attack) happened suddenly… the police arrived in the area fast and blocked the roads, not allowing anyone to get to their homes,” Naweed, a student, told AFP. Daesh claimed responsibility for the attack through its propaganda arm. “Two IS attackers raid the Afghan intelligence center in Kabul,” the terrorists’ Amaq outlet reported, using an alternate acronym for the group. – Agencies
