Monitoring Desk: “Two suicide bombers who attacked state run Radio Television Afghanistan (RTA) Jalalabad Afghanistan on Wednesday were killed while two broadcast journalists lost their lives during attack”, claims Governor Office in Jalalabad Afghanistan.
Governor office further claimed that all terrorists were killed and RTA building was under the control of law enforcing agencies.Official propaganda outlet of Daesh “Amaq News Agency” claimed the responsibility of the attack but did yet to indicate how much causalities were inside RTA building.
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has condemned the attack calling it barbaric. He said that Afghans would continue their fight to secure their land from terrorists.
Official figures of causalities can not be confirmed yet because journalists were not allowed to enter the RTA building while eyewitnesses claimed that at least eight terrorists entered the building and then firing started inside the building. RTA building is situated less than 300 metres from Jalalabad Police Headquarters therefore police reached the spot within no time.
Jalalabad Afghanistan has become a breeding ground of Daesh since December 2014 when Taliban left Nangarhar Province and moved to other provinces including Faryab and Kanduz to fight against Kabul government.
Reports suggest that majority of Daesh members belong to Indian state of Kerala who are actively leading the terror group in Afghanistan after reaching Afghanistan through Middle Eastern and gulf countries. Over 13 Indian citizens were killed when United States dropped Mother of All Bombs over Nangarhar Province in April.
17 people injured In #ISIS attack on a TV station in #Jalalabad, #Afghanistan, 2 bombers blew themselves up Third one Killed.
Siege Over. pic.twitter.com/waO0HrIhDs— ¯\_(DOC)_/¯ (@DocPakistan) May 17, 2017
#Breaking | #ISIS claims responsibility for “ongoing” attack on state TV building in #Afghanistan – Amaq news agency pic.twitter.com/0D2LlV1vAW
— Asharq Al-Awsat Eng (@aawsat_eng) May 17, 2017
#AFGHANISTAN#IslamicState Claims Credit For Attack On State TV In #Jalalabad In #Nangarhar. #TerrorMonitor pic.twitter.com/jIOEjHvppG
— Terrormonitor.org (@Terror_Monitor) May 17, 2017
Press TV Iran reported that government spokesman Attaullah Khogyani said there were three assailants while spokesman Interior Ministry Najib Danish refrained from commenting on total number of casualties.
