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Shootout at U.N. compound in Afghan capital

2013-05-24 76 Dailymotion

ROUGH CUT (NO REPORTER NARRATION)<br/> <br />STORY: The United Nations compound came under attack in Kabul on Friday by Taliban insurgents who set off several explosions and then shot at police after holing themselves up in a nearby residential building.<br/> <br />The police chief said all the foreigners had been evacuated and were safe. At least two policemen were injured in the fire fight.<br/> <br />The attack, in the center of town, was coordinated and came eight days after six Americans, soldiers and civilians, and nine Afghans were killed in a suicide car bombing in Kabul.<br/> <br />The Taliban, fighting to expel Western forces and establish Islamist rule, claimed responsibility, saying a compound used by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), had been attacked.<br/> <br />Concern is mounting about how the 352,000 members of the Afghan security forces will cope with the militants after most foreign NATO-led combat troops leave by the end of next year.<br/> <br />There was no information about anyone wh

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