There are reports about an ongoing #attack on a #Hotel popular with Chinese visitors, in Shahr-e Naw area, in the heart of #Kabul City.
According to initial info, an unknown number of attackers entered to the hotel after an explosion& a clash is ongoing between the TB& attackers.
The attackers apparently targeted #Kabul_Longan_Hotel, frequently used by Chinese, in Shahr-e Naw area of #Kabul City.
Below is the Gelocation/GPS of the mentioned hotel, where the complex attack is ongoing:
34.535227, 69.165207
Photo is copied from @AbdulhaqOmeri's tweet.
#Taliban's Kabul Police Spokesman:
"Today, at around 2:30PM, a hotel building in Kabul City's Shahr-e Naw area, where ordinary people were living, was attacked by evil elements. Security forces have reached the area& a clearing operation is ongoing.
Details will be shared later."
#Taliban's spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid:
"An #attack on a hotel in #Kabul city, ended with the killing of 3 attackers.
All the guests of the hotel were rescued& no foreigner was killed in the attack.
Only 2 foreign guests were injured when they jumped from a high roof." #Chinese
The Emergency Hospital in Kabul City:
"Explosion and gunfire near a hotel approximately 1km from our hospital. So far, we have received 21 casualties - 3 were already dead on arrival." #Kabul #Hotel_Attack #Chinese #Casualties #Taliban
The Taliban are usually hiding the number of casualties from media. Considering the videos of the attack scene, the casualties could be higher than what is reported.
The emergency hospital received 3 dead bodies and 18 wounded patients from the incident.
The #Taliban didn't release details about the #Kabul_Longan_Hotel attack, including the exact number of casualties.
According to Xinhua, "the #Chinese_embassy in #AFG said it attaches great importance to the incident& is closely monitoring the situation& taking relevant actions."
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As reported by Reuters, Chinese Foreign Minister recommended #Chinese citizens and organisations to #leave#Afghanistan as soon as possible.
This is exactly what the ISKP attack was expected to achieve.
The #Taliban are failing on all fronts due to their totalitarian& odd regime.
A local journalist:
"Fighting between AFG & PAK border forces started in 'Shiro Oba' area, in Spin Boldak-Chaman crossing point (on #Durand_Line), in Kandahar Province.
The #clash started when AFG forces were building new check posts in the area & Pakistani side prevented them."
The #Taliban confirmed clashes in Spin Boldak of Kandahar, but didn't provide details about the reason& casualties.
There are conflicting news about the status of the crossing point. Some sources said it was closed, others reporting about reopening of the gate.
31.02026, 66.48151
Unverified videos in SM, showing that the situation is chaotic in #Spin_Boldak-#Chaman crossing point& civilians suffered #casualties.
I am not posting the videos, proving casualties, due to Twitter rules.
Sources confirmed to @TOLOnews that 4 people were killed& 20 more wounded. twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
#Taliban's Minister of Propagation of Virtue& Prevention of Vice, Minister of Justice, Minister of Foreign Affairs& Minister of Education, were also among those officials of the IEA who attended the Qisas event in Farah, where the family of a victim killed the murderer in public.
"The killer, Tajmir, son of Ghulam Sarwar, was a resident of Injil District of Herat, who on 12 Oct 2017, brutally stabbed& killed Mustafa son of Abdul Rahman, a resident of Farah's Pusht-e Koh District, and took away motorbike& a mobile phone of the victim with him," TB claimed.
Today's #Qisas in Farah City was the first "#Public_Execution" under the #Taliban 2.0 regime in #Afghanistan.
In recent few weeks, the Taliban started punishment of the convicts in public, including #floggings of women and men on charges of immorality in several provinces of AFG.
There are reports about an #explosion inside a #Madrassa, during Congregational Prayer, in #Samangan Province, that resulted in some casualties.
No official confirmation or details are available yet.
Pro-#Taliban sources confirmed the #explosion in a religious school (#Madrassa) in #Aybak City, the capital of #Samangan Province, and blamed the #ISKP for the attack.
According to social media sources, scores of Madrassa students were killed/wounded as a result of the explosion.
A doctor from Samangan Provincial Hospital, confirmed to @TOLOnews that 15 dead bodies& 27 wounded patients were taken to the hospital from the explosion scene.
No official figures of casualties released yet.
This comes as a suicide attack killed/wounded dozens in Pakistan today.
On 24 November, a horrific incident in #Daikundi Province resulted in the killing of 10 people, including 4 children& one #Taliban member. 7 others, including 2 TB, were wounded in the incident. 5 were arrested by the TB.
No official source confirmed the number of casualties yet.
There are contradictory information about the nature of Daikundi incident:
Anti-TB fronts: Taliban attacked a village and massacred Hazara civilians.
TB/Pro-TB sources: There was a civil lawsuit between 2 families& the IEA wanted to arrest some people, then the incident happened.
Third Party/other sources:
Taliban went to a village on the outskirts of Nilli City, to arrest some locals over a #land_conflict between them, but they resisted and a clash happened. Some #Hazara TB (e.g. General Sadaqat), involved in the local conflicts, #provoked the incident.
There are contradictory reports about the reason behind the conflict between Taliban& PAK border forces, in Dand-e Patan District of Paktia, on Durand Line.
Taliban officially didn't comment on the conflict yet.
Still, @khalidzadran01 tweeted a poem of the Emir of Durrani Empire.
The poem of king A. Shah is in Pashto, with below contents:
As God made me victorious against my rivals, I will go directly towards India for sightseeing (conquering).
When I conquer the India's territories, then I will go with flag and drum towards Iran (to conquer the country).
More about the conflict between IEA&PAK forces, in Dand-e Patan District of Paktia Province, on Durand Line: 1. Based on SM reports, one Talib was killed in today's clash (unconfirmed). 2. Paktia University students are donating blood for wounded patients.