Kabul TV station back on air after gun battle

Terrorists disguised as police killed a security guard and opened fire on staff at a private television station in Kabul, the Afghan capital, yesterday.

After a sporadic gun battle lasting about two hours, Afghan special forces suppressed the attack on Shamshad TV, a Pashto-language broadcaster.

Taken off air as the fighting went on, the station then resumed normal service, its newsreader appearing with a bandage on his injured hand and describing the attack. Some 20 members of staff were wounded.