Taliban Attack on Afghan Court Leaves 7 Dead

In what was described on Twitter as a retaliatory attack for the "execution of six martyred Taliban fighters", 3 assailants stormed an Afghan court that left several prosecutors and judges dead. The attack on the courthouse in Pui-i-Alam, the capital of the Logar providence, touched off a 90-minute firefight with Afghan security forces.

Among the dead was the director of provincial attorney general's office. At least 23 people were wounded in addition to the seven killed.

Sunday's attack appears to be the third such retaliatory attack in the month following the execution of six Taliban insurgents.

A similar attack last Wednesday on an appellate court building left six dead, including a police officer. There, a suicide bomber set off his vest  in front of the court, while three additional insurgents were killed by Afghan forces before they could do the same.

And then, on May 25, a suicide bomber in Kabul destroyed a van filled with court workers. All 11 people inside were killed.

http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/05/asia/taliban-afghanistan-court-attack/

Adam Poklop