Six Killed in Kabul Attacks Today Taliban claims responsibility

May 2 2012 Kabul : The Afghan Taliban has claimed responsibility for a car bomb attack in eastern Kabul on Wednesday which police said targeted a housing compound for westerners in the city. Meanwhile the Afghan government has said that six people have been killed in the attack.

“One of our mujahideen detonated his car in front of a military base. Other mujahideen are inside the base fighting. There are very heavy casualties for the enemy,” Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid told Reuters in a phone call.

U.S. President Barack Obama left Kabul only hours before the attacks after signing a strategic agreement with Afghan President Hamid Karzai.

Police chief Ayub Salangi told Reuters a car bomb exploded on Jalalabad road, the main road out of the capital heading east, where several US military bases and compounds housing Westerners are located.

Another police official said the explosion was followed by an exchange of gunfire. Afghan media said heavy casualties were feared.

A US embassy warning system urged staff to stay away from windows and take cover. The embassy is in the main diplomatic area in the centre of the city.

The blasts ironically came in the wake of comments by President Obama that peace in Afghanistan was around the corner.

On a swift, secretive trip to the war zone, President Barack Obama said, “Our goal is to destroy al Qaeda, and we are on a path to do exactly that,” Obama said in an unusual speech to America broadcast from an air base halfway around the world.