Taliban came in with a smoky basis

cabul - The Taliban riders on Friday set up a massacre in an Afghan army base, able to pass a checkpoint by pretending to carry wounded soldiers. According to a witness, they only opened the fire when they heard at a second security station that they had to hand in their weapons.

According to officials, about 140 soldiers were killed in the attack on the base in the northern province of Balch. That promptly raised the question of how a handful of militant disguised terrorists could penetrate the heavily guarded complex.

A military who was present at the base said to Reuters that the Taliban could easily pass the first checkpoint. Then the attackers shot two guards at a second post, after which an explosive was fired at a third checkpoint. They could then drive into the base with their vehicles.

'On the first vehicle was a slight miter door,' says the survivor. 'It started shooting at the dozens of soldiers and officers who came from the mosque. 'A second vehicle with warriors drove to a dining room. There attackers opened the fire with grenade launchers and machine guns. Other warriors blow themselves up.

Because the Taliban riders carried military uniforms, the army did not immediately think of a terrorist attack. 'We were initially called on the radio to not shoot. They thought it could be a misunderstanding, 'said the man. Some officials on the basis allegedly said that possible fighting had broke out between soldiers.

'When they started shooting other soldiers, we understood it was a terror attack,' said a second survivor from his hospital bed. 'The soldiers fell like swallows shot down with a shotgun. 'He told that the attackers were only disabled when command calls arrived from another part of the base.