SHASHDARAK BLAST 05 SEPTEMBER 2019
GENERAL MAP OF THE TO DEPICT SHASHDARAK BLAST 05 SEPTEMBER 2019 GENERAL MAP OF THE TO DEPICT SHASHDARAK BLAST 05 SEPTEMBER 2019 BLAST NEAR NATO/ISAF HQ AND US EMBASSY https://www.rferl.org/a/kabul-blast-embassy-district/30147505.html At least 12 people have been killed -- including a U.S. and a Romanian soldier -- and dozens more injured when a car bomb struck a checkpoint on September 5 in a neighborhood of Kabul that houses the embassies, government buildings, and local NATO headquarters. The fundamentalist Taliban claimed responsibility for the late-morning attack. It is the second major Taliban attack in the Afghan capital this week as U.S. and Taliban officials are said to be in an intense final phase of efforts toward a peace deal to end their 18-year conflict. Another Taliban car bombing later on September 5, in a neighboring province, reportedly killed at least four civilians. The Taliban, which is pressing for the departure of U.S. and other international tro...