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Possible attack on U.S. Afghan embassy thwarted

25 December 2010 02:13 (UTC +04:00)

Baku â€“ APA. A potential attack against the U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan appeared to be thwarted Friday as a joint Afghan and international military patrol killed two men during an operation in Kabul, according to an International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) statement, APA reports quoting CNN.
The action was taken in response to a "credible threat" against the embassy, the statement noted.
Fifteen people were briefly detained in the operation.
The area targeted by the joint force was near an office building in downtown Kabul, the statement said. As the force approached two vehicles believed to be filled with explosives, they were attacked with small-arms fire. Two shooters were killed when members of the force returned fire; a third surrendered on the roof of a nearby building.
A significant number of weapons were discovered during the operation, according to the statement.