U.S. Consulate in Afghanistan Attacked, State Dept. Says No Americans Hurt By Patrick Brennan
http://www.nationalreview.com/node/358437/print
A year and two days after the deadly attack on a U.S. diplomatic facility in Benghazi, Libya, militants attacked the U.S. consulate in Herat, Afghanistan, this evening at 5:30 a.m. local time (9 p.m. Eastern time). According to a release from the State Department, no Americans were injured; some Afghan policemen were likely hurt and one foreign security contractor may have been injured.
The unidentified attackers assaulted the front entrance of the consulate with a truck that quickly exploded, damaging the front gate. Afghan and contractor security engaged with the attackers, who were “possibly firing rocket-propelled grenades and assault rifles,” outside the consulate; American security personnel also engaged with the assault and dealt with any attackers inside the perimeter (local police typically secure the outer perimeter and entrances of U.S. diplomatic facilities). Some of the attackers were apparently wearing suicide bombs, the statement says.
Herat is in northeastern Afghanistan, in one of the country’s more secure regions — and near the border with Iran, which has invested in the area and helped turn it into one of the country’s more developed regions.
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