A Leading Afghan TV Station Is Attacked in Kabul
- 7 years ago
A Leading Afghan TV Station Is Attacked in Kabul
In a separate episode on Tuesday, Taliban suicide bombers tried to force their way into a police training center in the Sayid Abad district of Wardak Province, in the center of the country,
but were repulsed by police officers guarding the site, according to Abdul Rahman Mangal, a spokesman for the governor of Wardak.
Wahidulllah Majrooh, a spokesman for the Afghan Health Ministry, said
that a total of 21 people had been wounded in the attack and hospitalized, and that two had been killed, in addition to the two attackers.
The attack happened during business hours, but reports said
that most of the roughly 150 employees of the station, Shamshad TV, had safely escaped the building in downtown Kabul, the Afghan capital.
7, 2017
KABUL, Afghanistan — Gunmen wearing suicide vests attacked one of Afghanistan’s leading
television stations on Tuesday morning, killing two people, Afghan officials said.
and who isn’t." Sediqullah Tawhidi, director of the Afghan Journalists Safety Committee, said the attack was the first on a television
outlet since January 2016, when the Taliban bombed a van carrying employees of Tolo Television, the country’s largest station.
On Monday, Rana Aqbal, an employee of the Pakistani Consulate in Jalalabad, in eastern Afghanistan, was shot
and killed by two gunmen on a motorcycle while shopping in the bazaar, according to Attaullah Khogyani, the spokesman for the governor of Nangarhar Province.
In a separate episode on Tuesday, Taliban suicide bombers tried to force their way into a police training center in the Sayid Abad district of Wardak Province, in the center of the country,
but were repulsed by police officers guarding the site, according to Abdul Rahman Mangal, a spokesman for the governor of Wardak.
Wahidulllah Majrooh, a spokesman for the Afghan Health Ministry, said
that a total of 21 people had been wounded in the attack and hospitalized, and that two had been killed, in addition to the two attackers.
The attack happened during business hours, but reports said
that most of the roughly 150 employees of the station, Shamshad TV, had safely escaped the building in downtown Kabul, the Afghan capital.
7, 2017
KABUL, Afghanistan — Gunmen wearing suicide vests attacked one of Afghanistan’s leading
television stations on Tuesday morning, killing two people, Afghan officials said.
and who isn’t." Sediqullah Tawhidi, director of the Afghan Journalists Safety Committee, said the attack was the first on a television
outlet since January 2016, when the Taliban bombed a van carrying employees of Tolo Television, the country’s largest station.
On Monday, Rana Aqbal, an employee of the Pakistani Consulate in Jalalabad, in eastern Afghanistan, was shot
and killed by two gunmen on a motorcycle while shopping in the bazaar, according to Attaullah Khogyani, the spokesman for the governor of Nangarhar Province.