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Insurgents thwarted by preemptive raid by Afghan security forces

2012-08-02 43 Dailymotion

A surprise late night raid by Afghan security forces uncovers a stockpile of weapons believed to have been amassed by suicide bombers for a major attack on Kabul.<br/> <br />Soldiers from Afghanistan's spy agency attacked this single story compound on the outskirts of the city just after midnight.<br/> <br />Five insurgents were killed and one injured in the five hour gun battle that followed.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (Dari) UNIDENTIFIED SOLDIER OF THE AFGHAN NATIONAL DIRECTORATE OF SECURITY SAYING:<br/> <br />"They wanted to bring misery to our people in this holy month of Ramadan, but fortunately before reaching the target, they were all killed."<br/> <br />Afghan police said the militants loaded these three vehicles with explosives, suicide vests, stores of rocket propelled grenades and heavy automatic weapons for use in the attack.<br/> <br />Officials believe the would-be attackers planned to occupy a high-rise building to launch a deadly assault on the business centre of Kabul.<br/> <br />Sarah Wali, Reuters

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