Kabul, 13 April 2002 (RFE/RL) -- International peacekeepers in Afghanistan say that gunmen last night fired at a peacekeeping patrol in the capital Kabul. Spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Neal Peckham today said that no one was injured in an exchange of fire between about 30 gunmen and a British patrol.
Peckham said that the gunmen escaped, but seven of them were later arrested and handed over to the interim Interior Ministry.
In a separate development, factional fighting was reported to have erupted in the hills west of Kabul.
The Pakistan-based Afghan Islamic Press reports nine people were killed and 12 wounded in the fighting between forces loyal to Ghulam Rohani Nangali and Muzaffaruddin.
Peckham said that the gunmen escaped, but seven of them were later arrested and handed over to the interim Interior Ministry.
In a separate development, factional fighting was reported to have erupted in the hills west of Kabul.
The Pakistan-based Afghan Islamic Press reports nine people were killed and 12 wounded in the fighting between forces loyal to Ghulam Rohani Nangali and Muzaffaruddin.