[New Delhi,Kabul]Taliban Suicidal Group ,During Ramadan,Attack Afghan Parliament PM Of India Condemns.
.Taliban militants launched an assault on the Afghan parliament today, triggering gunfire and explosions and sending lawmakers scurrying for cover in chaotic scenes relayed live on television.
The attack came as the Afghan president’s nominee for the crucial post of defence minister was to be introduced in parliament and ended two hours later when all seven attackers, including a suicide car bomber, were dead.
The assault on such a high-profile target in downtown Kabul raises fresh questions about security as Afghan forces battle a resurgent Taliban for the first time without the aid of NATO forces, who ended their combat mission in December.
The Taliban launched a countrywide offensive in late April, stepping up attacks on government and foreign targets in what is expected to be the bloodiest fighting season in a decade.
The militants recently rebuffed requests from senior Afghan clerics to halt attacks during the fasting month of Ramadan even as a surge in violence has sent civilian casualties soaring.
A group of suicide attackers last tried to storm parliament in 2012 as they launched coordinated attacks in several parts of the capital, including several diplomatic enclaves.
.The Taliban, toppled from power in the 2001 US invasion of Afghanistan, swiftly claimed responsibility for the latest attack.
Zabihullah Mujahid tweeted “Several mujahideen have entered the parliament building,”
“The attack happened at a time when the defence minister was being introduced.” Police denied that Taliban fighters had breached the high-security complex.
The Prime Minister Of India Narendra Modi has condemned this attack
Shri Modi Said “The attack on the Afghanistan Parliament is a despicable and cowardly act. There is no place for such attacks in a democracy.
My prayers are with those injured. We stand shoulder to shoulder with the people of Afghanistan in this hour”