Taliban launch large attack on Kabul international airport


  • World
  • Monday, 10 Jun 2013

Afghan police arrive at the site of an attack in Kabul June 10, 2013. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani

KABUL (Reuters) - Seven Taliban insurgents including suicide bombers attacked the main airport in the Afghan capital, Kabul, early on Monday, with explosions and gunfire heard near an area that also houses major foreign military bases.

The attackers took up positions inside a partially constructed building next to the international airport, interior ministry spokesman Sediq Sediqqi said, and fought Afghan security forces for about four hours before the raid ended.

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