KABUL: An explosion and gunfire rattled Kabul’s diplomatic district Wednesday as insurgents dressed as doctors attacked Afghanistan’s largest military hospital, officials said, as growing insecurity besets the war-battered country. Hospital administrators told Agence France-Presse three gunmen wearing white laboratory coats were on the loose after the explosion struck, sparking chaos inside the 400-bed facility. The attack comes a week after 16 people were killed in simultaneous Taliban suicide assaults on two security compounds in Kabul. In the second attack, a suicide bomber blew himself up at the gates of an Afghan intelligence agency branch in eastern Kabul. The Marines will assist a NATO-led mission to train Afghan forces, in the latest sign that foreign forces are increasingly being drawn back into the worsening conflict.

Source: Manila Times March 08, 2017 06:33 UTC