Afghan security forces hailed after Kabul attack
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Afghanistan security personel search a house in which a bomber detonated a device killing himself in Kabul, on May 25, 2013. The Afghan government lauded its security forces on Saturday for beating back a Taleban assault on Central Kabul that left one policeman, two civilians and all four militants dead. -- PHOTO: AFP
KABUL (AFP) - The Afghan government lauded its security forces Saturday for beating back a Taliban assault on central Kabul that left one policeman, two civilians and all four militants dead.
Explosions rocked the city for several hours on Friday after insurgents launched a coordinated suicide and gun attack centred on a compound of the International Organization for Migration (IOM).
The effectiveness of Afghan security forces is crucial to the government's ability to defeat the Taliban insurgency as NATO-led troops withdraw by the end of 2014.
The police, army and special forces are being trained up by the international coalition, but there are widespread fears that they will not be able to impose security after 12 years of war.
