The Afghan capital has been put on alert after one of the most corresponding attack in Kabul since the Taliban was impassive from power by a US-led attack in 2001. Security was tight in Kabul on Tuesday, a day after the Taliban successfully penetrated the heavily carrying weapons heart of the city, targeting enter government buildings.
Security has been tightened in Kabul; a day after an overconfident Taliban attack in the Afghan capital left 12 people dead and caused worry about the government’s ability to protect the population. Troops penetrating cars in the capital and has greater than before the number of checkpoints in the city, along with foot patrols and vehicle patrols, “said Deputy Police Commissioner Mohammad Khalil Dastyar.
Farouq Bashar, from Kabul University, told Al Jazeera that “normal business” had resumed on the streets of Kabul. “People are still a little fear. They try to stay away from the preserved area, afraid of another attack,” he says.
“The Taliban presenter said they sent 20 suicide bombers in Kabul and only seven of them were killed. We do not know about the other 13 are alive, or where they are.” U.S. and NATO officials praised the local safety armed forces for their protection of the capital.
Mohammad Nasir, a taxi driver, said that the government must perform more to stop foreign invaders from crossing the border. “They always say that these attackers come from outer surface, but they have no wings to fly from the sky and come here. If we had specialized Afghan forces, they could stop them … but we do not have professional armed forces that keep them from getting.
“Afghan national security forces successfully countered a revolutionary attack in downtown Kabul,” he said in an announcement, adding the harmonized action “highlights their better efficacy in caring the Afghan citizens.
Public buildings and ambassadorial offices in Kabul is heavily carrying weapons, but a series of attacks in the past year, including one that killed five foreign UN employees at a guesthouse, emphasizes the city’s defenselessness. February last year, attackers stormed the Ministry of Justice and other public buildings and the Taliban have mounted a similar commando raids in other cities.
