A bloody attack against the Ministry of Information in Kabul has killed seven and tarnished peace efforts in Afghanistan

Five insurgents attacked Saturday the Ministry of Information in Kabul, an action with at least twelve deaths that occurs two days after the cancellation of the first meeting between representatives of the Taliban and the Afghan government in Qatar, which wanted to restart the peace process.

The Taliban, however, They soon dissociated themselves from terrorist action When securing his spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid, Twitter said his "fighters" had "nothing to do" with the attack.

Action against the Ministry of Information and Technology, which lasted about five hours, cstarted shortly before noon with a bang, which was followed by heavy shootings, said the spokesman of the Interior Ministry, Nasrat Rahimi.

For the time being, the deaths of five attackers, four civilians and three members of the security forces were confirmed, and eight other civilians were injured, police spokesman Kabul told Efe. Basir Mujahid

Mujahid explained that the attack began when one of the attackers blew himself up, paving the way for the ministerial complex to the other four insurgents, who were killed later.

"Security forces downplayed the losses and civilian casualties of the attack.If the attackers entered government buildings, where thousands of employees and civilians had to do their usual work, it could have to be a tragedy "said the police spokesman.

The Ministry of the Interior, in a statement, confirmed the deaths of four civilians and three members of the security forces and celebrated that they have reached safely evacuate approximately 2,800 employees.

"We will continue to fight terrorism in this country, I thank the security forces for saving more than 2,000 members of our brave staff", said Minister of Information and Technology Shahzad Aryobee on his official Twitter account.

The local channel Tolo News shows images of several people, presumably workers, leaving one of the ministry buildings through the windows, after the security forces cleared a metal staircase leading to the street.

The Afghan president, Ashraf Ghani, condemned "vigorously the brutal attack" in a statement and baderted "By attacking officials and institutions and generating fear, the enemies of Afghanistan show that their only goal is death and crime."

After separating the Taliban from the attack, its author now refers to the jihadist group Islamic State, which has not yet claimed responsibility for the action.

Today's attack came after the Qatari government rejected this week's first meeting between the Taliban. and representatives from Kabul to talk about the peace process, accompanied by an American delegation.

The meeting was scheduled to take place this weekend and it was canceled two days ago after Qatar rejected the list of 250 participants proposed by the Afghan government.

Kabul prepared the list of participants through a non-governmental committeewhich included, according to the executive, "all the political, social and social clbades of society" to attend Doha.

However, QTie, the host of the conference, formulated his own version of the list of participantsAccording to the Afghan government, it was "not inclusive" and did not represent Afghan society.

The Taliban and several opponents have criticized the list for being too longThat 's why the insurgents made fun of her by comparing it to the invitations of a wedding party.

These last monthsWashington and the Taliban had held several rounds of negotiations in the absence of the Kabul government.

The war in Afghanistan, which began in 2001 with the American invasion and the overthrow of the Taliban, is in one of his bloodiest moments without changes on the battlefield.

Currently, the Afghan government controls about 55% of the territory and the Taliban dominates nearly 11%, while the rest of the country is in dispute, according to data from the Special Inspector General for the Reconstruction of Afghanistan (SIGAR), of the United States Congress.

(With information from EFE)