Militants Attack Red Cross Office in Afghanistan
May 29, 2013
by VOA News
Militants have attacked a Red Cross office in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad, setting off a gun battle that has left at least one person dead.
A provincial official, Ahmad Zia Abdulzai, said a suicide bomber blasted through the gates of the International Committee of the Red Cross before two militants entered the compound. He said one Afghan guard was killed in the gunfight between security forces and gunmen.
The ICRC confirmed the attack but gave no other details.
Last week, Taliban militants attacked another international aid group, the International Organization for Migration, in the capital, Kabul. At least three people died in that assault, including a policeman.
In other news, an attack Wednesday on a governor's compound in eastern Afghanistan left at least six people dead. Authorities in the Panjshir Valley say militants dressed in police uniforms carried out the assault in one of the country's most stable areas.
Authorities say at least five militants and one police officer died in the attack.
Panjshir was a bastion of anti-Taliban resistance during the extremists' regime and has been largely peaceful since they were ousted.
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