Afghan forces continue battling Taliban in Kabul - 4/15/12



Afghan security forces continue battling the Taliban militants, who have launched multiple attacks on the country’s capital Kabul,
On Sunday, the militants targeted the US, British, German, and Japanese embassy buildings as well as the Western military alliance of NATO's headquarters in some of Kabul’s most heavily-guarded neighborhoods.
They made an attempt at storming the parliament building, sparking a gun battle as lawmakers and bodyguards returned fire from the rooftop.
"Fighting still continues near President Hamid Karzai’s presidential palace and near the Afghan parliament," said a Press TV correspondent in the city.
He added that "the militants are heavily resisting. It seems that they are equipped with heavy, sophisticated weaponry."
According to the Interior Ministry, 19 militants were killed, while 14 policemen and nine civilians were injured in the exchange of fire between the attackers and the security forces.
Meanwhile, in the eastern city of Jalalabad, one US-led trooper was killed when the militants attacked an American airbase.
The assailants also targeted government buildings and police headquarters in the eastern provinces of Nangarhar, Logar, and Paktia.
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Bomb attacks leave six dead in south Somalia - 4/15/12



At least six people have been killed and 17 others injured as two coordinated bomb explosions ripped through a region in southwestern Somalia,
The first blast took place at a restaurant in the town of Garbaharey, the capital of Gedo region and situated 528 kilometers (328 miles) southwest of the Somali capital Mogadishu, on Sunday, killing three people, among them transitional government soldiers.
Ten other people suffered various degrees of injury as a result of the explosion.
“The restaurant was packed with people, mainly government officials and troops, at the time of the blast. I saw three dead bodies on the ground as wounded people were being taken out, Abdi Dhuurgal, a witness, told Press TV.
Shortly later, a remote-controlled explosive device was set off inside a market, killing three more people. Local officials said the blast apparently targeted Ethiopian and Somali soldiers, who were patrolling the area.
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