Pakistanis angry over detentions in Times Sq. case Monday, May 24, 2010
ISLAMABAD – Relatives of three men detained by Pakistan for alleged links to the suspect in the attempted Times Square bombing say the men are innocent.
They
AFP - Thursday, August 6TAIPEI (AFP) - - Taiwan's Beijing-friendly government on Wednesday denied boycotting an Australian film festival amid a row over the e
BERLIN (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel suffered a double blow on Thursday as a senior party ally in east German
Minister seeks closure of anti-Berlusconi websites Wednesday, December 16, 2009
ROME (AFP) - – The Italian government moved Tuesday to close down Internet sites encouraging further violence against Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, who
By ELAINE KURTENBACH,AP Business Writer AP - Wednesday, March 18SHANGHAI - Asia's stock market rally seemed to be running out of steam Wednesday, despite an
My Profile
Top News
Reuters top ten news stories delivered to your inbox each day.
Subscribe
You are here:
Home
>
News
>
International
>
Article
Home
Business & Finance
News
U.S.
Politics
International
Technology
Entertainment
Sports
Lifestyle
Oddly Enough
Health
Science
Special Coverage
Video
Pictures
Your View
The Great Debate
Blogs
Weather
Reader Feedback
Do More With Reuters
RSS
Widgets
Mobile
Podcasts
Newsletters
Your View
Make Reuters My Homepage
Partner Services
CareerBuilder
Affiliate Network
Professional Products
Support (Customer Zone)
Reuters Media
Financial Products
About Thomson Reuters
Taliban rockets land near embassies in Afghan capital
Tue Aug 4, 2009 3:16am EDT
Email | Print |
Share
| Reprints | Single Page
[-]
Text
[+]
KABUL (Reuters) - Taliban militants fired at least nine rockets at the Afghan capital before dawn on Tuesday in the biggest attack of its kind for several years, some landing near major Western embassies, police and witnesses said.
Amid a serious escalation of violence before August 20 presidential elections, a provincial governor escaped unhurt after roadside bombs hit his convoy just west of the capital in an apparent assassination attempt, a spokesman said.
The Taliban have vowed to disrupt the elections and have called on Afghans to boycott the ballot, the second direct presidential poll since the Islamists were toppled by U.S.-backed Afghan forces in 2001.
Violence across Afghanistan this year had already reached its worst level since 2001 and escalated further after thousands of U.S. Marines launched a major offensive in the Taliban stronghold of Helmand in the south last month.
Senior police officer Sayed Ghafar said two rockets landed in the Wazir Akbar Khan diplomatic area, home to both the U.S. and British embassies as well as the headquarters of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force.
At least one rocket landed near a hospital close to the U.S. embassy, television pictures showed.
Other rockets landed in different areas of the city, shattering windows and startling residents in the pre-dawn darkness. One child was wounded.
Residents said Tuesday's rocket attack was the biggest for several years. It was also the first serious attack in Kabul in this year's upswing of violence, which has gradually spread out of Taliban strongholds in the south and east.
An ISAF spokeswoman said it was investigating the attack but did not yet have any information about what kind of rockets had been used.
The Taliban later claimed to have fired 12 rockets at Kabul, with the city's combined military and civilian airport their target.
Mohammad Halim Fedaye, governor of Maidan Wardak province just west of Kabul, was unhurt after his convoy was hit by roadside bombs on Kabul's western outskirts on Tuesday, a spokesman for Fedaye said.
There were no other casualties, he said. No other details were available.
The attack on Fedaye was the latest in a string of ambushes and bombings aimed at candidates, campaign officials and election offices in the past two weeks.
A vice-presidential running mate of President Hamid Karzai was among those attacked but was also unhurt.
On Monday, a roadside bomb attack claimed by the Taliban killed at least 12 people in the normally peaceful western city of Herat, an important commercial hub near the Iranian border.
At least nine foreign troops, including six Americans, were killed at the weekend, mainly in the south and east. Continued...
View article on single page
Share:
Del.icio.us
Digg
Mixx
Yahoo!
Facebook
LinkedIn
Next Article:
Iran leader approves Ahmadinejad's second term
Also on Reuters
Nissan unveils zero-emission hatchback "Leaf"
The summer blues: What's a U.S. president to do?
Germany says Opel suitors must improve bids
More International News
Bill Clinton makes surprise visit to North Korea
Iran leader approves Ahmadinejad's second term
| Video
Australia detains 4 for plotting suicide attack
China seals off town after plague kills two
Fatah congress to keep "armed struggle" option
| Video
More International News...
Editor's Choice
Slideshow
A selection of our best photos from the past 24 hours. Slideshow
Most Popular on Reuters
Articles
Video
Rather sues to return CBS execs to $70 million suit
Alabama's Jefferson County makes massive job cuts
Bank regulators dig in against Obama shake-up
The price of U.S. recession is paid in jobs
Bill Clinton makes surprise visit to North Korea
Pentagon eyes accelerated "bunker buster" bomb
Nissan unveils zero-emission hatchback "Leaf"
Fans urged to drink whisky to ward off swine flu
China eyes health care cure to rebalance economy
Russia backs North Korea sanctions, nuclear halt: U.S.
Most Popular Articles RSS Feed
Video
WH: No middle class tax hike
Pakistani Christians burnt alive
Clinton on East Jerusalem
More troops for Afghanistan?
Court OKs Jackson mother custody
Turbulance slams U.S. jet
Ahmadinejad's 2nd term approved
Arms dealer extradited to Germany
Odd jobs help unemployed woman cope
Bomb in Herat, Afghanistan kills 12
Most Popular Videos RSS Feed
Reuters.com:
Help and Contact Us |
Advertise With Us |
Mobile |
Newsletters |
RSS |
Labs |
Archive |
Site Index |
Video Index
Thomson Reuters Corporate:
Copyright |
Disclaimer |
Privacy |
Professional Products |
Professional Products Support |
About Thomson Reuters |
Careers
International Editions:
Africa |
Arabic |
Argentina |
Brazil |
Canada |
China |
France |
Germany |
India |
Italy |
Japan |
Latin America |
Mexico |
Russia |
Spain |
United Kingdom |
United States
Thomson Reuters is the world's largest international multimedia news agency, providing investing news, world news, business news, technology news, headline news, small business news, news alerts, personal finance, stock market, and mutual funds information available on Reuters.com, video, mobile, and interactive television platforms. Thomson Reuters journalists are subject to an Editorial Handbook which requires fair presentation and disclosure of relevant interests.
NYSE and AMEX quotes delayed by at least 20 minutes. Nasdaq delayed by at least 15 minutes. For a complete list of exchanges and delays, please click here.