No staff injured in British Council Kabul attack

Posted on 21/08/2011 by alexcase

My newspaper said there were doubts on the matter, but according to the British Council’s statement only security forces were affected.

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7 Responses to No staff injured in British Council Kabul attack

  1. Andy Mallory's avatar Andy Mallory says:
    22/08/2011 at 06:07

    I saw that on CNN and thought how crazy anybody would have to be to staff the British Council in Kabul! But I’m certainly pleased none of the teaching staff were hurt.

  2. George Bennet's avatar George Bennet says:
    23/08/2011 at 06:50

    “only security forces were affected” – Oh, so that’s ok then.

  3. Alex Case's avatar Alex Case says:
    23/08/2011 at 23:24

    My wording, not theirs! As I was writing it I thought it could be taken the wrong way, but simply couldn’t think of a better way of putting it. Any ideas for a re-write??

  4. George Bennet's avatar George Bennet says:
    24/08/2011 at 17:39

    Except to wonder what the neo-colonialist British Council is doing in Afghanistan in the first place. And how soon it will be opening up in Tripoli.

  5. Alex Case's avatar Alex Case says:
    24/08/2011 at 20:38

    Um, well, they’ve already had a centre in Tripoli for ages. And what on earth would “neo-colonialist British Council” even mean??

  6. Alex Case's avatar Alex Case says:
    24/08/2011 at 23:54

    It sounds pretty traumatic – locked in a safe room while someone is throwing a grenade at the door, one of them only 48 hours since arriving in Kabul!

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/aug/24/afghan-police-turf-war-commandos

  7. Sandy Mac's avatar Sandy Mac says:
    28/08/2011 at 22:07

    I guess the locals were rioting at being force-fed unappetising dollops of Headway and having to endure pointless ‘communicative’ activities!

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