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KABUL, Sept. 18 (Xinhuanet) -- Two rockets hit the office of UN Assistance
Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) Sunday morning in Afghancapital Kabul during the
ongoing parliamentary election, Afghan officials said.
"Two rockets from Bot Khak area, east of Kabul hit the office of UNAMA at about 7 a.m. this morning.
One of the rockets exploded which led to fire, but there is no
casualties till now," the police department of Kabul confirmed to Xinhua.
Meanwhile, a person said under condition of anonymity that one was injured
in the rocket attack.
The first-ever parliamentary election of Afghanistan after morethan three
decades kicked off at 6 a.m. Sunday morning, and will last until 4 a.m..
Over 12.5 million Afghans are going to elect their representatives for the
Wolsi Jirga or Lower House and Provincial Councils from among 5,766 candidates
across the country.
Taliban's remnants who term the election as a plot to "legitimize the US
occupation of Afghanistan" in a stern warning the other day asked Afghans to
stay away from the process or face its dire consequences.
Over 100,000 Afghan Army and Police backed by 20,000-strong US-dominated coalition troops and 10,000 NATO-led multinational force have been tasked to provide security for the election day. Enditem |