(29 Nov 2018) Taliban insurgents staged a coordinated attack targeting a security firm in the Afghan capital on Wednesday, killing at least 10 people and wounding 19 others.
Wednesday's attack in eastern Kabul took place when a suicide bomber detonated his explosives and other insurgents started a gun battle with security forces in the area, Interior Ministry spokesman Najib Danish said.
The assault came hours after provincial officials said at least 30 civilians were killed along with 16 Taliban fighters during the overnight battle between Afghan government forces and insurgents in southern Helmand province.
The attacks were the latest in a series of brutal and near-daily Taliban assaults on military and police forces and government and other installations throughout the country.
The resurgent Taliban, who in recent years have taken over nearly half of Afghanistan, claimed the attack in Kabul.
A Kabul police spokesman said the target of the attack was a security company called G4S.
He had no details on the company, but the website of a multinational security company named G4S has London contact information.
The Taliban view the US-backed government in Kabul as a dysfunctional Western puppet and have refused repeated offers to negotiate with it.
They carry out near-daily attacks on Afghan security forces.
US and NATO troops formally concluded their combat mission in Afghanistan in 2014, but still provide close support to Afghan forces and carry out counterterrorism operations.
Some 15,000 American forces are currently serving in Afghanistan.
Zabihullah Mujahid, spokesman for the Taliban, claimed responsibility for Wednesday's attack in a statement posted on Twitter.
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