Gunfire and explosions rock Kabul guesthouse

May 27, 2015 03:45

Heavily armed insurgents stormed a guesthouse in the diplomatic quarter of Kabul late on Tuesday night and were battling Afghan security forces an hour after the assault began.

There was no immediate word on casualties.

The police did not identify the guesthouse or its occupants. Afghan and Western security sources said the target could be a compound owned by a prominent political family and used by foreigners, or a building next to it.

Image: Afghan policemen arrive near the site of an attack in Kabul, Afghanistan. Photograph: REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail

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