Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07KABUL1018
2007-03-27 14:21:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Kabul
Cable title:
PRT LASHKAR GAH: FOURTH SUICIDE BOMBING IN HELMAND
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UNCLAS KABUL 001018
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
STATE FOR SCA/FO DAS GASTRIGHT, SCA/A, S/CRS, SA/PB, S/CT,
EUR/RPM
STATE PASS TO USAID FOR AID/ANE, AID/DCHA/DG
NSC PASS TO AHARRIMAN
OSD FOR SHIVERS
CENTCOM FOR CG CJTF-82, POLAD, JICCENT
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
SUBJECT: PRT LASHKAR GAH: FOURTH SUICIDE BOMBING IN HELMAND
PROVINCIAL CENTER
UNCLAS KABUL 001018
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
STATE FOR SCA/FO DAS GASTRIGHT, SCA/A, S/CRS, SA/PB, S/CT,
EUR/RPM
STATE PASS TO USAID FOR AID/ANE, AID/DCHA/DG
NSC PASS TO AHARRIMAN
OSD FOR SHIVERS
CENTCOM FOR CG CJTF-82, POLAD, JICCENT
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
SUBJECT: PRT LASHKAR GAH: FOURTH SUICIDE BOMBING IN HELMAND
PROVINCIAL CENTER
1. (SBU) On March 27 at approximately 1150 local time, a
suicide bomber blew himself up in downtown Lashkar Gah,
provincial center of Helmand Province. The incident occurred
at the headquarters of the Afghan National Police (ANP).
(NOTE: The headquarters is across from the entrance to
Lashkar Gah's "green zone", the semi-secure street that
houses the Governor's compound and other buildings and was
the site of two suicide bombings last year. END NOTE.) The
bomber arrived riding a motorcycle, dismounted, and attempted
to enter the compound. The provincial police chief told
reporters that the bomber, wearing an Afghan National Army
uniform, detonated the device as ANP were searching him at
the compound's entrance. A report from one Afghan eye
witness (forwarded to PRTOff) described a number of dead
bodies and body parts in the compound.
2. (SBU) Four ANP were reportedly killed in the blast,
including the commander of the check point at the entrance to
the headquarters. The local hospital reported three ANP
injured, and no civilian injuries, though another report
identified (likely slight) injuries to three civilians.
Press reports identified only one injured person. The
Helmand Task Force assisted in the return of one of the ANP
to family in Kabul.
3. (U) The radio carried the claim of a Taliban spokesman
that the bomber's target was a security meeting supposedly
taking place inside the headquarters. To reporters, the
police chief identified himself as the bomber's target.
4. (U) This was the fourth suicide bombing attack this year
in Helmand, the third this month, and the first to kill
anyone other than the bomber.
NEUMANN
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
STATE FOR SCA/FO DAS GASTRIGHT, SCA/A, S/CRS, SA/PB, S/CT,
EUR/RPM
STATE PASS TO USAID FOR AID/ANE, AID/DCHA/DG
NSC PASS TO AHARRIMAN
OSD FOR SHIVERS
CENTCOM FOR CG CJTF-82, POLAD, JICCENT
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
SUBJECT: PRT LASHKAR GAH: FOURTH SUICIDE BOMBING IN HELMAND
PROVINCIAL CENTER
1. (SBU) On March 27 at approximately 1150 local time, a
suicide bomber blew himself up in downtown Lashkar Gah,
provincial center of Helmand Province. The incident occurred
at the headquarters of the Afghan National Police (ANP).
(NOTE: The headquarters is across from the entrance to
Lashkar Gah's "green zone", the semi-secure street that
houses the Governor's compound and other buildings and was
the site of two suicide bombings last year. END NOTE.) The
bomber arrived riding a motorcycle, dismounted, and attempted
to enter the compound. The provincial police chief told
reporters that the bomber, wearing an Afghan National Army
uniform, detonated the device as ANP were searching him at
the compound's entrance. A report from one Afghan eye
witness (forwarded to PRTOff) described a number of dead
bodies and body parts in the compound.
2. (SBU) Four ANP were reportedly killed in the blast,
including the commander of the check point at the entrance to
the headquarters. The local hospital reported three ANP
injured, and no civilian injuries, though another report
identified (likely slight) injuries to three civilians.
Press reports identified only one injured person. The
Helmand Task Force assisted in the return of one of the ANP
to family in Kabul.
3. (U) The radio carried the claim of a Taliban spokesman
that the bomber's target was a security meeting supposedly
taking place inside the headquarters. To reporters, the
police chief identified himself as the bomber's target.
4. (U) This was the fourth suicide bombing attack this year
in Helmand, the third this month, and the first to kill
anyone other than the bomber.
NEUMANN