Taliban militants assailed a private guesthouse in central Kabul on Wednesday morning, murder at least six U.N. staff members and six civilians, according to a U.N. spokesman.
There was a excellent chance that the victim toll would boom as the United Nations attempted to bill for its personnel, said spokesman Adrian Edwards. Twenty U.N. staff members were booked to remain at the guesthouse, according to Edwards. It was unknown how many were there at the time of the attack.
The Taliban asserted accountability for the assail, phrase on an insurgent Web site that three militants murdered 50 foreigners, whoever were election organizers. The assert did not include particular facts and could not be independently confirmed.
The violence comes ten days forward of a presidential runoff election on November 7. Taliban militants have endangered to disrupt the polling.
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