Heavily armed Taliban fighters stormed the offices of a Virginia-based nonprofit group in central Kabul on Wednesday, sparking a five-hour gun battle with security forces, witnesses and government officials said. Mujahid also said the group had “implemented a dangerous program” that promoted “open intermixing between men and women.”Afghan security forces guard the site of an explosion in Kabul on Wednesday. During five years in power, the Taliban movement banned gender-mixing and prevented women from working or studying outside the home. At least seven people were killed in the attack, and security forces had to evacuate hundreds of office workers before the assailants were slain. Nasrat Rahimi, a spokesman for the Interior Ministry, said security forces rescued 80 employees who were trapped inside.

Source: Washington Post May 08, 2019 13:48 UTC