Attack on Red Cross in eastern Afghanistan
Reuters
2013-05-29
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Chaos on the streets of eastern Afghanistan as the International Committee of the Red Cross comes under attack.
At least one Afghan guard is killed the second major assault on a humanitarian organization in less than a week.
Seven staff members, believed to be the total number of foreign workers at the ICRC in Jalalabad, were rescued by Afghan police during the attack.
Authorities say a suicide bomber and three gunmen were involved in the attack.
No one is immediately claiming responsibility for the attack -- but concerns are mounting over how Afghan security forces will cope with an intensifying insurgency once most foreign troops leave by the end of next year.
Chaos on the streets of eastern Afghanistan as the International Committee of the Red Cross comes under attack.
At least one Afghan guard is killed the second major assault on a humanitarian organization in less than a week.
Seven staff members, believed to be the total number of foreign workers at the ICRC in Jalalabad, were rescued by Afghan police during the attack.
Authorities say a suicide bomber and three gunmen were involved in the attack.
No one is immediately claiming responsibility for the attack -- but concerns are mounting over how Afghan security forces will cope with an intensifying insurgency once most foreign troops leave by the end of next year.
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