Suicide bomber gunned down in Kabul as Taliban fighters collect for passports

A would-be suicide bomber was shot useless on Thursday outdoors Kabul’s major passport workplace, police mentioned, as a whole lot of Taliban fighters lined up for journey paperwork. The would-be suicide bomber was killed at a checkpoint on the entrance of Kabul’s major passport workplace (AP picture)A would-be suicide bomber was shot useless on Thursday outdoors Kabul’s major passport workplace, police mentioned, as a whole lot of Taliban fighters lined up for journey paperwork on a day reserved solely for his or her functions.

“He was identified and killed at a checkpoint at the entrance,” Mobin Khan, spokesman for Kabul police, advised AFP.There have been a number of assaults towards Taliban fighters since their return to energy in August — most claimed by the native chapter of the Islamic State group.Around 200 Taliban fighters had gathered on the passport workplace from daybreak after authorities introduced that Thursdays could be put aside solely for them to use for passports.It was unclear why the fighters needed passports — or the place they deliberate to journey to — as safety operatives barred reporters from interviewing them.READ | Islamic State makes use of Taliban’s personal techniques to assault Afghanistan’s new rulersCivilians who arrived to course of their functions have been held again or despatched dwelling by Taliban safety, who additionally tore up paperwork of some as they pressed to enter.“Issuing passports to the Taliban members was cancelled due to overcrowding,” mentioned Qari Shafiullah Tassal, a spokesman for the workplace.Many folks have been additionally falsely claiming that they had Taliban hyperlinks, he advised AFP.Taliban fighters have been additionally given the chance on Thursday to use for passports within the southern metropolis of Kandahar, in response to an AFP reporter there.Taliban authorities stopped issuing passports after the hardline group returned to energy on August 15, citing workers points, defective gear and an absence of provides.Operations resumed on Sunday however a whole lot of hundreds of Afghans are determined to flee a rising humanitarian disaster within the nation.READ | Islamic State in Afghanistan ‘underneath management’, say TalibanClick on right here for IndiaToday.in’s full protection of the coronavirus pandemic.