At least 10 Killed in Taliban Attack on G4S Compound in Kabul
At least 10 people were killed and 19 wounded late Wednesday when Taliban set off a car bomb at the entrance of a British private security company in Kabul and then tried to storm the compound, according to officials.
At least 10 people were killed and 19 wounded late Wednesday when Taliban set off a car bomb at the entrance of a British private security company in Kabul and then tried to storm the compound, according to officials.
The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.
Gunmen stormed the compound after a car bomb was detonated outside, according to Afghan interior ministry spokesman Najib Danish.
According to the ministry of public health spokesman Wahid Majroh, at least 10 killed and 19 wounded during Wednesday night attack.
G4S, one of the world’s largest security groups, helps guard the area around the British embassy.
“We can confirm that there has been an incident at one of our locations in Kabul,” a G4S spokesperson told news agency AFP.
The attack came just hours after President M. Ashraf Ghani announced a peace plan in Geneva conference to seek a peace deal with Taliban.
