Afghan Taliban Attack Central Kabul

Afghan security forces have been battling insurgents in the centre of the capital, Kabul, after the Taliban said it had launched an attack.

A large explosion was followed by several hours of gunfire. A Nepali guard and an off-duty policeman were killed, along with several militants.

A guesthouse used by the International Organization for Migration was hit, and one of their employees badly injured.

The Taliban told the BBC it was targeting CIA trainers.

Local TV reports said several gunmen were holed up in the area, which is home to a number of institutional buildings and to foreign workers.

Kabul police chief Gen Ayub Salangi told the BBC that all but one of five or six assailants had been killed, and that seven policemen were injured.

“We are dealing with a well co-ordinated attack,” he said.

“Afghan forces will deal with them.”

A Taliban spokesman said the group had targeted CIA trainers instructing Afghans at the National Directorate of Security (NDS) intelligence agency.

The IOM said one of its employees had been badly burned by a grenade attack, and that three security officers had suffered minor injuries.

BBC

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