Sunday, May 22 – According to officials, early Sunday insurgent militants wearing suicide vests have attacked a government building in eastern Afghanistan.
According to Gen. Raz Mohammad Oryakhail the army commander of Khost province, one guards was killed as the gunmen shot their way into the traffic department compound on the edge of Khost city around 5:00a.m.
The gunmen which are believed to be three or four in number, armed with guns and wearing explosives strapped into their bodies have managed to enter the building and are shooting down at police and soldiers outside.
The compound is surrounded by Afghan security forces and the gun battle has been going on for the past two hours.
This is the second attack following a Taliban suicide bomber infiltrated the capital’s main military hospital which resulted in six medical students being killed and many others injured.
Provincial Police Chief Gen. Abdul Hakim Ishaqzai said, security forces are preventing from a full assault as they are struggling the suicide bombers do not detonate their explosives.
There has been no immediate reports on the casualties and no one has claimed for today’s assault yet.
