{"id":37570,"date":"2013-09-13T07:48:10","date_gmt":"2013-09-13T11:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=37570"},"modified":"2013-09-13T07:48:40","modified_gmt":"2013-09-13T11:48:40","slug":"afghan-us-consulate-attacked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=37570","title":{"rendered":"US consulate in Herat attacked"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The US consulate in Herat was attacked in the early morning hours by Taliban soldiers and at least three people have been killed and more than 20 people have been wounded. According to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/2013\/09\/13\/us-afghanistan-attack-consulate-idUSBRE98C02Q20130913\">Reuters<\/a>;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The bold attack in Herat, claimed by the Taliban, once again underscored a worrying security picture as Afghanistan prepares to take over from foreign combat troops after 12 years of war and stage crucial presidential elections next year.<\/p>\n<p>While the circumstances of the attack were initially unclear, a spokesman for the U.S. embassy in the Afghan capital of Kabul said all U.S. personnel in the consulate in Herat were safe and had been accounted for.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>From CNN;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The attack occurred just before 6 a.m. local time when attackers sped towards the front gate of the consulate, said Marie Harf, a deputy State Department spokeswoman.<\/p>\n<p>The attackers fired assault rifles starting a gun battle with Afghan security forces. During the battle, a truck exploded, Harf said, causing major damage to the front gate of the consulate.<\/p>\n<p>American consulate personnel took shelter in safe havens while U.S. security forces responded to the attack, Harf said. There were no U.S. casualties.<\/p>\n<p>Seven attackers traveling in two vehicles took part in the assault and all of them were killed, said Mohammad Ayoub Salangi, deputy Afghan Interior Minister.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><object width=\"500\" height=\"300\" classid=\"clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000\" id=\"ep_91\"><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" \/><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/i.cdn.turner.com\/cnn\/.element\/apps\/cvp\/3.0\/swf\/cnn_embed_2x_container.swf?site=cnn&#038;profile=desktop&#038;context=embed&#038;videoId=world\/2013\/09\/13\/afghan-attack-on-us-consulate.cnn&#038;contentId=world\/2013\/09\/13\/afghan-attack-on-us-consulate.cnn\" \/><param name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#000000\" \/><embed src=\"http:\/\/i.cdn.turner.com\/cnn\/.element\/apps\/cvp\/3.0\/swf\/cnn_embed_2x_container.swf?site=cnn&#038;profile=desktop&#038;context=embed&#038;videoId=world\/2013\/09\/13\/afghan-attack-on-us-consulate.cnn&#038;contentId=world\/2013\/09\/13\/afghan-attack-on-us-consulate.cnn\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" bgcolor=\"#000000\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" width=\"500\" wmode=\"transparent\" height=\"300\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The US consulate in Herat was attacked in the early morning hours by Taliban soldiers and &hellip; <a title=\"US consulate in Herat attacked\" class=\"hm-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=37570\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">US consulate in Herat attacked<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-terror-war"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37570","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=37570"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37570\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=37570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=37570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=37570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}