An Afghan police man covers himself as smoke rises from the site of an attack in Kabul on Monday. (Reuters)Armed men launched a commando-style attack Monday in a major area of the capital where a key police base as well as the Iraqi Embassy are located, in the latest spell of rising violence in Afghanistan. A spokesman for the Interior Ministry, Najib Danesh, said the Iraqi mission was the target and that all embassy staff were relocated to a safe location. Then a group of gunmen entered the compound, which is located near the Afghan Public Protection Force and a government guest house. Monday’s attack comes a week after a Taliban suicide bomber killed nearly 30 people in a different part of Kabul.

Source: Washington Post July 31, 2017 09:33 UTC