Clean-up, a''math of suicide blast on Friday that killed at least 16

(27 Feb 2010) 1. Wide of traffic in Kabul city 2. Various shots of private Afghan security guards standing outside Park Residence Guest House, which was attacked on Friday 3. Wide of shopkeepers outside their shops 4. Shopkeeper cleaning up his shop 5. Various shots of another shopkeeper cleaning shards of glass from front of his shop 6. SOUNDBITE: (Dari) Ahmad Waheed, Shopkeeper: "Any incident like this which happens in Kabul city is really disappointing, very bad and makes people feel very sad. Right now we ask our government, police, army and intelligence officials to prevent these incidents from happening again in the future." 7. Wide of car passing by the destroyed guest house 8. Close of rubble from the guest house 9. SOUNDBITE: (Dari) Abdul Jabar, School teacher: "It was an inhumane and anti-Islamic act, and no one, no Muslim, can accept this. Therefore all people like me condemn this attack and we pray to God to bring to justice those who were behind the attack and those who planned it." 10. Tilt down of Kabul City Centre building, damaged in attacks 11. Shards of glass on ground STORYLINE The clean-up in central Kabul began on Saturday after suicide attackers and a car bomb a day earlier killed at least 16 people and wounded dozens. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attacks, which Afghan President Hamid Karzai said were aimed at Indians working in Kabul. Six Indians were killed in the attacks, a spokesman for the country''s foreign ministry said. An Italian diplomat and a French filmmaker were also among the dead. Three Afghan police were killed, and six more officers were among the 36 people wounded, Afghan government officials said. The four-hour assault began about 6:30 am with a car bombing that levelled a residential hotel used by Indian doctors. A series of explosions and gunbattles left blood and debris in the rain-slicked streets and underscored the militants'' ability to strike in the heavily defended capital even as NATO marshals its forces against them in the volatile south. Ahmad Waheed, a shopkeeper who turned out on Saturday morning to inspect the damage to his property, said such attacks were "disappointing, and very sad." A school teacher in the area on Saturday also condemned the attack, labelling it an "inhumane and anti-Islam" act. One explosion created a deep crater about three metres (10 feet) wide in front of the Arya Guesthouse, according to witnesses, and the windows of the nearby luxury Safi Landmark Hotel were blown out. The streets in central Kabul were littered with glass and debris. The Kabul attacks came two weeks into a major offensive against the southern Taliban stronghold of Marjah, where thousands of US, Afghan and NATO soldiers are battling to drive out insurgents. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...