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Kabul attack over, assailants killed: Afghan ministry
KABUL, April 20, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – Afghan authorities declared Saturday the
end of an hours-long, multi-pronged assault by suicide bombers and gunmen at
the communications ministry in Kabul.
“Operations finished. All suicide bombers killed & more than 2000 civilians
staff rescued,” the Minstry of Interior said on Twitter.
The attack had started about six hours earlier at a postal facility by the
ministry, officials said, in a busy area in downtown Kabul.
BSS/AFP/ARS/1909 hrs