Afghan official: We had advance intel on UN attack

[maddezmom]

Source: AP

By RAHIM FAIEZ (AP) – 29 minutes ago

KABUL — Afghan intelligence had advance information that a Taliban attack was in the works in Kabul before a deadly assault on a U.N. guest house and ramped up security, but not during the pre-dawn hours when the militants struck, a top official said Saturday.

Gunmen wearing suicide vests stormed the guest house before 6 a.m. on Wednesday, killing eight people — five of them United Nations foreign staffers. The gunmen also died.

The comments by Afghan intelligence chief, Amrullah Saleh, are likely to intensify criticism of the security provided to employees of the world body working in Afghanistan. The United Nations has already said that it took too long for Afghan police and NATO troops to respond to the attack.

Saleh said eight men have been arrested who were involved in planning the attack, including an imam who housed the assailants and was captured as he landed by plane in Saudi Arabia. The others were arrested in Afghanistan.



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[Altoid_Cyclist]

1. Sort of sounds like the National Security in this country.

A terrorist attack is in the works.......... OK, we'll look into it after it happens. :crazy: