UN spokesman Adrian Edwards said UN staff members in Kabul, already under nighttime curfew, have been placed on restricted movement as a precaution.
Afghan officials said today that the suicide bomb attack at a military training center in the Afghan capital yesterday killed at least 12 Afghans, most of them army soldiers. It was one of the bloodiest attacks since the U.S.-led invasion to oust the Taliban regime in late 2001.
Neo-Taliban elements claimed responsibility for the attack and vowed there would be more.
Neo-Taliban and their sympathizers had sought to derail the parliamentary elections that took place on 18 September -- the country's first national legislative elections in more than 30 years. [For more on those elections, click here.]
(Reuters)
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Afghan officials said today that the suicide bomb attack at a military training center in the Afghan capital yesterday killed at least 12 Afghans, most of them army soldiers. It was one of the bloodiest attacks since the U.S.-led invasion to oust the Taliban regime in late 2001.
Neo-Taliban elements claimed responsibility for the attack and vowed there would be more.
Neo-Taliban and their sympathizers had sought to derail the parliamentary elections that took place on 18 September -- the country's first national legislative elections in more than 30 years. [For more on those elections, click here.]
(Reuters)
Recent stories on Afghanistan:
"Afghanistan: EU Election Mission Head Says Country Needs International Support"
"Afghanistan: Top Security Official Resigns Amid Controversy"
"Suspected Suicide Bomber Kills At Least Nine In Kabul"
