KABUL,
June 25 – Tuesday’s martyrdom attack hitting the most heavily-fortified
strategic points at the heart of Afghan capital early this morning that
includes Arg [presidential palace], the ministry of defense, the Ariana
hotel used as a CIA headquarter, the U.S. Embassy and the headquarters
for the NATO-led coalition invading forces ended after hours of fighting
at about 9:30 a.m. this morning, said the
Al-Emara spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid.
A
group of eight Mujahideen combatants, Shamsullah and Omar coming
from Wardak-province, Muhammad Siddiq and Niyazmin from Paktika and Paktia provinces, Naseer Ahmad
andShafiullah from Kabul province and Muhammad Kabeer and Qadir Khan
from Khost province, equipped with rifles, machine guns, RPGs, hand
grenades, explosives & other equipment stormed Ariana hotel at about
6:00 a.m. to strike the CIA headquarter, the primary target of the
operation. Once Mujahideen fighters managed to reach inside they took
positions and opened fire on the spy agents including two US generals
killing and wounding a number of them. The operation initiated as soon
as Mujahideen blew up an explosive-packed car parked outside Ariana hotel
that blasted out a large part of the hotel and security barriers.
Meantime,
the fighting was continuing at the gate of the Arg [presidential
palace], and in the inner area of the Palace, the ministry of defense
and the martyrdom-seeking Mujahideen carried out a number of large
explosions that were heard across the city and smoke was rising from the
palace and other buildings. The martyr attackers exchanged gunfire with
coalition and puppet forces for roughly three hours, killing scores of
the foreign invaders and the internal puppet security forces.
