At least six Afghans — four police officers and two civilians — died across the city in what was a coordinated attack that started Tuesday, the Kabul police department said. By Wednesday morning, all assailants, including at least six in the building close to the U.S. embassy, were dead.
Two or three of the assailants had held out overnight in the unfinished, 11-story high-rise at a major traffic circle in the capital, but were killed in the final morning assault by Afghan forces, said Hashmat Stanekzai, a spokesman for the Kabul police chief.
There is no clear break down as to the number of casualties and the reporting seems confused maybe because the events are chaotic. Not good news that the enemy after a decade can conduct a multilevel attack like this in the heart of the capital and aimed at the unfinished giant U S Embassy building.
No, it’s not good news. However, it should be of note that the Taliban didn’t do much in the way of damage with respect to the number of casualties. If only six of the 27 were Police and Civilians, then 21 of the dead are Taliban. The odds do not favor the Taliban.