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UPDATE: Clashes have been continuing for several hours between the security forces and militants who attacked the house of the country’s defense minister. Special forces of Afghanistan were reportedly deployed on the spot.
On August 3rd, an explosion rocked the city of Kabul. Unidentified gunmen attacked the house of Afghanistan’s acting defense minister, Bismillah Khan Mohammadi.
A car bomb exploded close to Bismillah Mohammadi’s residence. According to the reports, the attackers entered the house of the head of the defense department. Gunshots and explosions were heard on the spot.
According to Fawad Aman, a Defense Ministry spokesman, four assailants were killed by Afghan security forces.
General Bismillah Mohammadi
General Bismillah Mohammadi, the Minister of National Defense, was not at home when the attack took place. He and his family are safe.
No one has claimed responsibility for the attack yet.
Meanwhile, Kabul faced a national uprising against the Taliban. People took to the streets and got on the roofs of their houses, shouting “Allahu Akbar”.
Going on… pic.twitter.com/mhZQ2KHUxX
— Fawad Aman (@FawadAman2) August 3, 2021
It is going on…
God is great, ANDSF are right! pic.twitter.com/Lq6VKAChh9— Fawad Aman (@FawadAman2) August 3, 2021
First vice president, @AmrullahSaleh2 on the streets of Kabul among people.
God is great pic.twitter.com/Kyfj9fGDG8— Fawad Aman (@FawadAman2) August 3, 2021
