{"id":13539,"date":"2011-08-19T11:18:43","date_gmt":"2011-08-19T08:18:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/?p=13539"},"modified":"2011-08-19T11:18:43","modified_gmt":"2011-08-19T08:18:43","slug":"britain-in-shock-taliban-attack-british-council-in-afghanistan-13539","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/britain-in-shock-taliban-attack-british-council-in-afghanistan-13539\/","title":{"rendered":"Britain in shock ! Taliban attack British Council in Afghanistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_13540\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13540\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13540\" title=\"kabul-suicide-attack-nationalturk-001\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/kabul-suicide-attack-nationalturk-001.jpg\" alt=\"Afghanistan War : Attacks in Kabul on British Targets\" width=\"610\" height=\"338\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13540\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Afghanistan War : Attacks in Kabul on British Targets<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h1>The Taliban sent at least two bombers and attacked British Council and an Un compound in Kabul, Afghanistan, killing at least three people, official sources inform.<\/h1>\n<p>Taliban strike again! Taliban attacked the British Council in the Afghan capital Friday, killing at least three, including two members of Afghan police force.<\/p>\n<p>Five people were also injured in the double attack inside the heavy-guarded Kabul neighborhood, a strike that coincides with the 92nd anniversary of Afghan independence from Great Britain.<\/p>\n<h2>Afghanistan War : Attacks in Kabul on British Targets<\/h2>\n<p>UK Embassy confirms that the British Council office and guest house in Kabul in afghanistan has been attacked. Also a third blast heard at scene.<\/p>\n<p>In the initial attack the first militant drove a vehicle packed with explosives toward the Council&#8217;s main security gate before detonating the device, according to Afghan police spokesman Hashamap Stanikzai.<\/p>\n<p>The second man then attempted to enter the compound wearing a vest filled with explosives. He also detonated himself, completing the suicide attack, spokesman Stanikzai said.<\/p>\n<h3>Kabul, Afghanistan : Smokes rise again<\/h3>\n<p>Gunfire could be heard throughout the incident, and military helicopter circled overhead, stated Muhammad Zahir, a police spokesman. Explosions and heavy automatic gunfire were heard even hours after at least two suicide bombers attacked the British Council in Kabul Friday. White smoke billowed from a building in the compound for a time. It was not immediately clear what prompted the outburst.<\/p>\n<p>British and Afghan security forces cordoned off the area immediately in the center of Kabul.<\/p>\n<h4>Taliban responsible of attack in Kabul, Afghanistan<\/h4>\n<p>The Taliban has claimed responsibility for the attack, the group&#8217;s spokesman informed news agencies across the world.<\/p>\n<p>The attack occurred not far from the Intercontinental Hotel, the scene of another insurgent suicede attack in June this year against a high-profile western target.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- Error, Advert is not available at this time due to schedule\/geolocation restrictions! -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Taliban sent at least two bombers and attacked British Council and an Un compound in Kabul, Afghanistan, killing at least three people, official sources inform<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":562,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,80,63,17,118,14],"tags":[4351,17208,7281,16950,17209,17211,17210,17206,16954,4352,17207],"class_list":["post-13539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asia","category-breaking-news","category-daily","category-europe","category-hot","category-world","tag-afghanistan-attacks","tag-afghanistan-britain","tag-afghanistan-kabul","tag-afghanistan-war","tag-british-council-afghanistan","tag-british-council-attack","tag-british-council-kabul","tag-kabul-afghanistan","tag-taliban-attack","tag-taliban-attack-afghanistan","tag-taliban-attack-kabul"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13539","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/562"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13539"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13539\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}