Three UN staff killed in Afghan attack
October 31st, 2011 - 9:33 pm ICT by IANS
Kabul, Oct 31 (IANS) Three UN employees were killed Monday along with three others when a Taliban truck full of explosives was detonated near a compound housing UN offices in Afghanistan’s Kandahar city.
Two Afghan civilians and a policeman were also killed in the early morning attack that also involved gunmen, Xinhua reported.
The terror attack “resulted in the death of three UNHCR employees at our compound and the wounding of two other staff members”, said a statement issued by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Kabul.
Though the statement did not disclose the nationalities of the victims, a police official told Xinhua all three were Afghans.
The Kandahar administration said one of the wounded men was a Nepali who was the security guard of the UNHCR office.
Kandahar police chief General Abdul Raziq said all three gunmen were killed after nearly six hours of gun battle with security forces. Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.
- Insurgents attack animal clinic near UN offices in southern Afghanistan - Oct 31, 2011
- 16 foreign troops killed in single day in Afghanistan - Oct 29, 2011
- Four dead in attack on Afghan governor's office - Apr 28, 2012
- Seven Taliban killed in Afghanistan - Jan 09, 2012
- Taliban step up attacks ahead of Afghan Loya Jirga - Nov 04, 2011
- Afghan President Hamid Karzai's aide shot dead in attack - Jul 18, 2011
- 13 US soldiers die in Kabul bombing - Oct 29, 2011
- 24 militants killed in Afghanistan - Oct 22, 2011
- Kabul fighting over, all attackers killed - May 02, 2012
- Kabul fighting over - Apr 16, 2012
- 52 dead, 130 injured in triple Afghanistan bombings - Dec 06, 2011
- 23 militants killed in Kandahar - May 08, 2011
- Afghan terror attack ends: 48 dead, 65 injured (Second Lead) - Apr 16, 2012
- UN deplores killing of Somali refugee leader at Kenya camp - Jan 01, 2012
- Five ccops among seven killed in Afghan attack (Lead) - Feb 05, 2012
Tags: afghans, chief general, gun battle, gunmen, high commissioner, kabul, kandahar, nationalities, nepali, oct 31, police chief, police official, policeman, security forces, security guard, six hours, terror attack, un high commissioner for refugees, unhcr office, xinhua