The Taliban has claimed responsibility for a series of attacks targeting foreigners in Kabul, highlighting its ability to strike in the heavily-defended capital even as US and Afghan forces lead a major offensive in the country's south.
Sixteen people have been killed and dozens wounded after suicide attackers with a car bomb targeted a neighbourhood filled with foreigners.
The four-hour assault began early in the morning with a car bomb that levelled a residential hotel used by Indian doctors in an area of Kabul that had been considered relatively safe.
There was then a series of explosions, before gun battles broke out between insurgents and the Afghan police.
Afghanistan's president Hamid Karzai condemned the attack and the United Nations has also added its outrage about the blast.
Dr Mohammed Azizi, who witnessed the attacks, says there was a "massive explosion" which "smashed windows and curtains".
Another Indian doctor, Subodh Sanjivpaul, says he saw several bodies lying on the ground when he eventually left his residence.
Source : http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/02/27/2831994.htm?section=justin
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