Kabul hit by attack near office of former Afghan PM Hekmatyar - sources

Three sources from the political party and one Taliban source said multiple attackers had been killed and several guards injured in the attack

Mohammad Yunus Yawar and Syed Hassib, Reuters News

December 2, 2022

An attack took place on Friday in Kabul near the office of Hezb-e-Islami, an Afghan political party associated with former Prime Minister Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, four sources said.

Three sources from the political party and one Taliban source said multiple attackers had been killed and several guards injured in the attack.

A spokesperson for Kabul's police and the Ministry of Interior did not immediately respond to request for comment. (Reporting by Mohammad Yunus Yawar and Syed Hassib; Writing by Charlotte Greenfield; Editing by Raissa Kasolowsky)

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