#AceBreakingNews – AFGHANISTAN – March 29 – Sources have said that Militants are firing on the main election commission office in the Afghan capital, Kabul, from a neighbouring building they have taken over, local police say.
Afghan police officer Jan Agha says the assailants did not enter the International Election Commission’s compound, but are operating from a distance of 500 meters from the building while hiding out in a three-story house, AP reports.
The attack started with an explosion, followed by gunfire, police and commission officials at the scene reported.
“I am here… the attack is going on around the IEC compound,” Reuters cited Noor Mohammed, a commission official, as saying by phone from a safe room inside the building.
Presidential elections are coming up in a week in Afghanistan, as the US prepares to pull its troops out and a power handover is due to take place. Frequent attacks have been taking place as the Taliban carries out its threat of violence ahead of the vote.
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Latest – KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) – Taliban militants attacked the main Afghan election commission’s headquarters Saturday in Kabul, opening fire on the compound with rocket-propelled grenades and heavy machine guns from a house outside its perimeter wall, according to police. It’s the latest in a series of high-profile attacks that come as the Islamic militant movement steps up a campaign of violence to disrupt presidential elections, which are due to be held in a week.
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