@BBCNajafizada: 10 blasts heard in Kabul, near Palace, CIA, ISAF HQ, UNAMA. Smoke rising

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no idea if it is much of anything, yet.

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Oliver Darcy ‏@oliverdarcy now
BREAKING: CIA office in Kabul now on fire, reports @EsmatKohsar.

https://twitter.com/oliverdarcy/status/349360524007440384

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http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia/2013/06/20136252273512147.html



Afghan presidential palace under attack








Explosions and gunfire mark assault on building in the heart of Kabul where a conference was due to take place.


Last Modified: 25 Jun 2013 02:52





Explosions and gunfire have erupted in Kabul, with police confirming an attack in the centre of the Afghan capital but unable to give further details.

"There is an ongoing militant attack in central Kabul," Mohammad Zahir, Kabul police CID chief, told AFP news agency after the attack began at about 6:30am local time on Tuesday.
Al Jazeera's producer Qais Azimy, reporting from the scene, said the attack was under way at the presidential palace even as a conference was due to take place.
He said it was unclear who was responsible for the attack but that it mirrored recent previous attacks and was coordinated.
A number of the attackers targeted the west gate which is near the CIA office, our producer said, adding that black smoke was beilowing out of the office.

He said the assault, which was under way for half an hour, and was intensifying.

Azimy also said President Hamid Karzai was likely to be in his office at this time as he was due to address the media.

[Anti Federalist]

Pretty fucked up that "my" government has me so pissed off I'm rooting for the "enemy".

[HOLLYWOOD]

Afghani LIVE news video: http://wwitv.com/tv_channels/b6485-TOLOnews.htm

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Meanwhile...

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The Associated Press ‏@AP now
Series of explosions rock one of the most secure areas of the Afghan capital; Taliban claim responsibility: http://apne.ws/16vU7fS - VW

[ClydeCoulter]

The Associated Press ‏@AP now
Series of explosions rock one of the most secure areas of the Afghan capital; Taliban claim responsibility: http://apne.ws/16vU7fS - VW

So, did negotiations not go well?

[Warrior_of_Freedom]

Pretty fucked up that "my" government has me so pissed off I'm rooting for the "enemy".

Get in the traitor bus.

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https://si0.twimg.com/profile_images/1130115874/seal_med_normal.PNGU.S. Dept. of Fear ‏@FearDept now
This time we're admitting that the building under attack is the CIA headquarters. #transparency

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LOL!
https://si0.twimg.com/profile_images/1130115874/seal_med_normal.PNGU.S. Dept. of Fear ‏@FearDept now
This time we're admitting that the building under attack is the CIA headquarters. #transparency

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http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2013/06/25/310766/gunmen-kill-3-afghan-guards-in-kabul/
Gunmen attack Afghan presidential palace, kill three guards in Kabul

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Afghan security force keep watch near the entrance gate of the Presidential palace in Kabul on June 25, 2013.
Tue Jun 25, 2013 12:3PM GMT
Gunmen have attacked the Afghan presidential palace in central Kabul with multiple bombs and gunfire, killing at least three security guards.

The assailants blasted an explosives-laden car at the presidential palace’s eastern gate near the ministry of defense on Tuesday. The explosion was followed by several other blasts and gunfire lasting for 45 minutes.
The attacks took place as reporters were gathering for a joint press conference by President Hamid Karzai and US Special envoy for Afghanistan James Dobbins.

According to police officials, the attackers disguised in US military uniforms have all been killed.

The Taliban militant group has claimed responsibility for the attack, saying their main target was the CIA office, the palace and the defense ministry building. The militants also claimed they have killed several American forces.

This comes after six Afghan policemen lost their lives in a roadside bomb attack in southern province of Uruzgan on Tuesday.

In southern Kandahar Province, another roadside bomb killed near a dozen people including eight women and two children on the same day.

In late April, the Taliban announced the start of their annual "spring offensive" against Afghan forces and US-led forces, vowing a new wave of attacks across the war-torn country.

The militant group said it would use "every possible tactic" to inflict casualties on Afghan and foreign forces. They specifically mentioned insider and bomb attacks. Thousands of people have been killed in attacks carried out by the Taliban militant group and US-led foreign forces in Afghanistan over the past years.

Violence continues to plague the country despite the presence of thousands of foreign forces, more than a decade after the US-led invasion of Afghanistan in 2001.


http://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/middle-east/taliban-attacks-in-kabul-target-cia-and-presidential-palace-1.1441950

REUTERS/NEW YORK
Assault could derail attempts for Afghan peace talks
Tue, Jun 25, 2013, 13:11 (http://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/middle-east/taliban-attacks-in-kabul-target-cia-and-presidential-palace-1.1441950#)

Taliban militants attacked key buildings near Afghanistan’s presidential palace and the US CIA headquarters in Kabul (http://www.irishtimes.com/search/search-7.1213540?tag_location=Kabul&article=true), a brazen assault that could derail attempts for peace talks to end 12 years of war.
The Taliban, who have said they are willing to take part in talks with the United States and Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s administration, said they launched the early morning assault, which triggered a 90-minute firefight.
A US envoy was in Kabul today to try to smooth the way forward for the stalled talks in the Gulf state of Qatar ahead of the pullout from Afghanistan (http://www.irishtimes.com/search/search-7.1213540?tag_location=Afghanistan&article=true) of most of the NATO-led troops next year.

He had been expected to meet reporters at the US embassy, but the conference was called off. Mr Karzai was also due to attend, but his whereabouts were not known. A palace official said he was safe.
A Reuters reporter at the palace said the attack began soon after 6.30am local time when at least one man opened fire with an automatic rifle close to a gate to the palace in central Shash Darak district. The fighting was over before 8am. Reporters at the palace gates for security checks took cover when the firing started.
A senior government official told Reuters four or five attackers had used fake identify papers to try to make their way through security gates in the Shash Darak district, which leads to Kabul’s most tightly guarded areas.
One car made it through, but a second vehicle was stopped and those inside began shooting. Grenades were thrown.
The area is home to the presidential palace compound, the Ministry of Defence and an annexe of the US embassy at the old Ariana Hotel. The US Central Intelligence Agency’s Afghanistan station is based there.
Afghan forces and US servicemen returned fire and explosions resounded through the area. Children walking to school were caught in the shooting, but escaped serious injury. A thick plume of smoke was seen rising from the Ariana at the height of the exchanges.
One of the attackers was killed when he detonated a bomb on his body, the government official said, and three or four were killed by security forces. At least two Afghan security guards were killed.
The US Ambassador to Afghanistan, Jim Cunningham, condemned the attack and called on the Taliban to once again commit to the nascent peace process in Doha. “We remain steadfast in supporting the Afghan government and people against the scourge of terrorism and the violence directed against them,” he said.
Elsewhere eleven members of one family were killed when a minibus hit a bomb buried in the road in southern Afghanistan, officials said today.
Kandahar governor’s spokesman Ahmad Jawed Faisal said the bus hit the device on a road north-west of Kandahar city at about 7.45am local time, killing eight women, two children and a man. Two other men were injured. Mr Faisal said all of the victims were relatives but that he had no further details.

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Welcome to World War III.
Syria, Libya, Egypt, Afghanistan...

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The Associated Press ‏@AP now
Series of explosions rock one of the most secure areas of the Afghan capital; Taliban claim responsibility: http://apne.ws/16vU7fS - VW

Bullshit! Edward Snowden did it.