Kabul: Afghan forces regained control of Kabul on Monday, Afghan officials said, adding that all the militants involved in the attacks had been killed.
While talking to a news conference, Afghan Interior Minister Bismillah Mohammadi said a total of 47 people were killed and around 65 others injured in the attacks in Kabul and three other neighbouring provinces.
“A couple of the insurgents in Kabul were wearing burqas and carrying flowers” before opening fire, he said.
“Once again, like in the past, all the insurgents were humiliated and were killed by the Afghan security forces.”
Embassies and foreign military bases came under attack in Kabul on Sunday, in what the militants said was the start of its spring offensive.
As NATO is preparing to leave the country with its 130,000 troops by the end of 2014, a big question mark is hanging on the security situation in Afghanistan after the attacks.
But General John Allen, commander of NATO’s International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), hailed the performance of Afghan forces in the episode, saying, “I am enormously proud of how quickly Afghan security forces responded to today’s attacks in Kabul.”
“They were on scene immediately, well-led and well-coordinated. They integrated their efforts, helped protect their fellow citizens and largely kept the insurgents contained.”
US Ambassador Ryan Crocker said the ability of Afghan security forces to respond to the attacks was a “clear sign of progress”, while ISAF labelled the attacks “largely ineffective”.
In September last year Taliban attacks targeting locations including the US embassy and headquarters of foreign troops in Kabul killed at least 14 during a 19-hour siege.
And in August, nine people were killed when suicide bombers attacked the British Council cultural centre.
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