**SPECIAL REPORT - Twin offensives leave 16 dead including 12 Afghan security personnel, wound 23
Source: DTN News - - This article compiled by Roger Smith from reliable sources
Source: DTN News - - This article compiled by Roger Smith from reliable sources(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - December 19, 2010: After almost eight months of lull in the Afghan capital Kabul, the Taliban insurgents carried out suicide bombing there on Sunday and once again smashed the hope for embracing lasting peace among the war-weary people.
Sunday's bombing in Kabul was part of a coordinated twin brazen offensives carried out in the shape of suicide bombings targeted the Afghan army in Kabul and the northern Kunduz province which left 16 dead, including four bombers, and injured 23 others on a single day on Sunday. In the first offensive, two militants equipped with suicide vests, hand grenades and AK-47s stormed the national army recruitment center in Kunduz city, the capital of the northern Kunduz province, at 06:30 a.m. local time. One of the attackers, immediately after entering into the compound, blew himself up and the second one, after taking position, started firing on the service members inside the compound.
The body of a suspected Taliban fighter lies in the middle of the road during a gunbattle on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Dec. 19, 2010 - Image: By AP Photo
An Afghan soldier removes a part of debris from a bus after being attacked by Taliban fighters during a gunbattle on the outskirts of Kabul,Afghanistan, Sunday, Dec. 19, 2010. Two insurgents strapped with explosives ambushed the bus carrying Afghan army officers to work during the morning rush hour, killing five and wounding nine, said Defense Ministry spokesman Gen. Mohammad Zahir Azimi. - Image: By AP Photo
An Afghan policeman looks on as U.S. troops aim their weapons towards a building housing an army recruitment center after being attacked byTalibanfighters in Kunduz, north of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Dec. 19, 2010. Teams of Taliban militants assaulted the Afghan army in the north of the country and in the capital, killing at least 10 members of the security forces, officials said. - Image: By AP Photo
Afghan policemen take cover behind their armored vehicle as a building housing an army recruitment center is in flames following an attack byTaliban fighters in Kunduz, north of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Dec. 19, 2010. Teams of Taliban militants assaulted the Afghan army in the north of the country and in the capital, killing at least 10 members of the security forces, officials said. - Image: By AP Photo
Debris of a bus attacked by Taliban fighters during a gunbattle, is removed from the site on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Dec. 19, 2010.- Image: By AP Photo
French soldiers walk past a bus destroyed after a suicide attack in Kabul December 19, 2010. Five Afghan army training officers were killed and nine wounded in an attack by two Taliban suicide bombers in Kabul on Sunday, the Defence Ministry said. - Image by Reuters
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