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Taliban target Afghan intelligence agency in double truck bomb attack killing 18 | Mail Online
Taliban cause devastation at Afghan intelligence agency with double truck bomb killing 18 and
injuring 150Taliban claims responsibility for dawn raid on Afghanistan's US-trained National
Directorate of Security building Terrorists detonated two truck bombs simultaneously before trying
to storm the NDS compound on footAfghan officials admit 18 soldiers, police officers and civilians
were killed in this morning's attack with 150 injuredTaliban admits today's attack was timed to
coincide with the opening of the Nato Summit in Celtic Manor, Wales
ByDarren Boyle for MailOnline
Published:04:55 EST, 4 September 2014 |Updated:12:03 EST, 4 September 2014
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The Taliban claimed responsibility today for a double truck bomb attack on Afghanistan's US trained
intelligence agency which killed 18 people and injuring 150.
The co-ordinated attack on the complex in Ghazni, central Afghanistan was the biggest Taliban
offensive in recent weeks.
Two trucks packed with explosives were used in the attack. One of the vehicles was parked outside
the rear gate of the National Directorate of Security building, while the second truck was left outside
a police building containing a rapid reaction force.

2. Afghan security forces guard the area after the Taliban attacked the local headquarters of
Afghanistan's US trained intelligence agency in a dawn suicide attack

3. More than 150 people were wounded, mainly by flying glass after the twin powerful explosions this
morning which were claimed by the Taliban earlier this afternoon

4. Two trucks laden with explosives were detonated simultaneously during this morning's double
suicide attack in Ghazni province in central Afghanistan
Both trucks were detonated simultaneously at sunrise before a group of Taliban attempted to storm
both buildings armed with rocket-propelled grenades, assault rifles and light machine guns.
One of the bombs left a ten-metre hole crater in the ground. The attack also destroyed the city's
library and two museums.
Provincial governor for the Ghazni region Musa Khan Akbarzada said that 19 Taliban were involved
in the atrocity.
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He said: 'The bombs were so powerful that many civilians were woundedbecause of falling roofs and
shattering of windows in theirhomes.'
The attackers fought a gun battle with members of the US trained NDS as they tried to storm the
compound.
Dozens of the wounded were taken to a lone hospital inGhazni where doctors were forced to treat
many of them outside.

5. The attack in Ghazni, one of the provinces that surround thecapital city of Kabul, is the latest in a
series of offensiveslaunched by the Taliban in the summer fighting season.
The blast shattered windows in surrounding buildings injuring scores of civilians who had to be
treated for their injuries in the street as the hospital was overwhelmed

6. Following the blasts, more than a dozen Taliban engaged Afghan security forces in the NDS
compound in a fierce gun battle killing an estimated 19 insurgents

7. This latest attack is the second in less than a week following a similar bombing on Afghan
government institutions in the eastern city of Jalalabad
Insurgents have carried out complex attacks on governmentinstallations, including in Logar and
Wardak provinces which arethe gateways to the heavily guarded national capital.
Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid claimed responsibilityfor the attack and said dozens of
Afghan soldiers were killed.
'It is a success for us and failure to our enemies that theydidn't even notice how our fighters in big
numbers reached theintelligence agency with explosive-laden cars and carried outattacks.'
He added: 'Their 13-year-old occupation is now seen as a historical shame. It was planned that
Afghanistan's next leader would participate in the Wales Summit. Now their plans have come to
naught.'
The attack on the NDS was the second in less than a weekafter a similar bombing in the eastern city
of Jalalabad.

8. An Afghan solider takes cover behind a wall in the aftermath of this morning's deadly attack as
forces loyal to the government attempt to secure the area

9. Two Afghan soldiers help an injured colleague towards medics who are forced to treat patients in
the open because of the high number of casualties

10. An Afghan solider stands guard at the site of one of the explosions, near a massive crater. The
powerful blast ripped a 20 metre hole in a wall protecting the compound
Afghan officials have in the past blamed such truck bombingsnear the capital and in Kabul itself on
the Haqqani network, oneof the deadliest Taliban factions.
The network based along the border with Pakistan is believedto be behind some of the most
audacious attacks in Kabulincluding the bombing of the Indian embassy and the 2011 attackon the
US embassy.
A prolonged political deadlock over a disputed presidentialelection has added to anxiety over the
threat posed by theTaliban once most foreign combat forces leave by the end of thisyear.
The troubled political transition has led to a prolongeddelay in signing a security pact with the
United Statesgoverning how many troops will remain.

11. The deadly attack destroyed the library in Ghazni as well as two museums and caused extensive
purchase heart rate monitor watch damage to surrounding houses and businesses

12. The compound was targeted by the Taliban as the issue of Afghanistan was due to be discussed
briefly during today's Nato summit in Wales

13. Afghan government officials believe that 19 Taliban gunmen were killed by defending troops during
this morning's dawn raid
The twin explosions caused extensive damage to the outer cordon of the Government compound in
Ghanzi, ripping apart 40 foot long storage containers

14. Afghan troops defending the compound were able to repel the attackers after the initial explosions
using some of their American supplied equipment, pictured
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