The grenades were hurled at the entrance of the Military Training Center on the western edge of Kabul at around 7:30 a.m. as recruits were arriving for classes and training. Both the Taliban and the Islamic State group regularly target Afghan security forces and government officials in Kabul and elsewhere across the country. ADADAfghan President Ashraf Ghani had last week announced the conditional release of three prominent Taliban prisoners but later had them returned to custody, saying their release was being reconsidered. The three were to be exchanged for two professors of the American University in Kabul — an American, Kevin King, and an Australian national, Timothy Weeks. One of the three Taliban prisoners to have been released was Anas Haqqani, the younger brother of the Taliban deputy head Sirajuddin Haqqani, who also leads the fearsome Haqqani network.

Source: Washington Post November 18, 2019 04:12 UTC