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2nd LD: Suicide attack rocks Afghan capital, gun battle continues

Xinhua, March 1, 2017 Adjust font size:

A suicide bombing rocked western part of Afghan capital Kabul Wednesday, and a gun battle is continuing, an official said.

The official who declined to be identified also confirmed that the suicide bombing targeted the sixth police district building at 12:35 p.m. local time.

The police building is next to a military school in the western edge of Kabul city.

Police have cordoned off the area, journalists not allowed to get access.

Windowpanes of nearby buildings and shops were smashed due to the blast, an eye witnesses said.

Ambulances are there at the site to take the injured to hospital.

However, an official on condition of anonymity said that obviously a terrorist detonated his explosive-laden car next to the building of the police department, enabling a few more terrorists to get inside and fire on those inside the police building. Endit