{"id":9139,"date":"2017-03-08T12:40:46","date_gmt":"2017-03-08T12:40:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/afghanistan-is-gunmen-dressed-as-medics-kill-30-at-kabul-military-hospital\/"},"modified":"2017-03-08T12:40:46","modified_gmt":"2017-03-08T12:40:46","slug":"afghanistan-is-gunmen-dressed-as-medics-kill-30-at-kabul-military-hospital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/afghanistan-is-gunmen-dressed-as-medics-kill-30-at-kabul-military-hospital\/","title":{"rendered":"Afghanistan: IS gunmen dressed as medics kill 30 at Kabul military hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"
Media captionSpecial forces begin an operation against IS attackers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

More than 30 people have been killed after attackers dressed as doctors stormed the largest military hospital in Kabul, Afghan officials say.<\/p>\n

Militants armed with guns and grenades gained entry after one detonated explosives at a hospital gate and then opened fire on staff and patients.<\/p>\n

Commandos who landed on the Sardar Daud hospital roof killed all four attackers after several hours of fighting.<\/p>\n

The so-called Islamic State (IS) group has claimed the attack.<\/p>\n

The Taliban has denied any involvement. <\/p>\n

More than 50 people were also wounded, the defence ministry said.<\/p>\n

President Ashraf Ghani said the attack at the 400-bed hospital "trampled all human values".<\/p>\n

"In all religions, a hospital is regarded as an immune site and attacking it is attacking the whole of Afghanistan," he said.<\/p>\n

How successful has IS been in Afghanistan?<\/p>\n

Stuck between IS and the Taliban<\/p>\n

The attack began at 09:00 local time (04:30 GMT). One hospital staff member who was able to get out saw an attacker "wearing a white coat holding a Kalashnikov and opening fire on everyone, including the guards, patients and doctors".<\/p>\n

Media captionDoctor Abdul Qadir said he was shot at in an operating theatre<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

One employee wrote on Facebook: "Attackers are inside the hospital. Pray for us."<\/p>\n

TV pictures showed people hiding from the gunmen on ledges outside windows on upper floors of the building.<\/p>\n

More than six hours after the attack began, interior ministry spokesman Sediq Sediqqi tweeted that special forces had ended their operation and all the attackers were dead.<\/p>\n

The IS-affiliated Amaq news agency shared two images via the Telegram messaging app that appeared to show one of the militants taking part in the assault and a number of dead bodies.<\/p>\n

Afghanistan's de-facto deputy leader Abdullah Abdullah also condemned the attack on Twitter and vowed to "avenge the blood of our people".<\/p>\n

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Image caption Smoke billowed from the hospital roof during the attack <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Image copyright EPA
Image caption Some patients were evacuated and transferred to other hospitals <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Image copyright AFP\/Getty
Image caption Police sealed off the area <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

IS announced it was moving into Afghanistan and Pakistan when it declared its so-called Khorasan Province in 2015 and has since carried out a number of attacks.<\/p>\n

It claimed a suicide attack at Kabul's Supreme Court last month that killed 22 people and has stepped up activity in both Afghanistan and Pakistan.<\/p>\n

The Taliban has also been carrying out attacks, killing 16 people in Kabul in suicide attacks a week ago, after beginning its Spring offensive early.<\/p>\n

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