Taliban attack rocks Kabul

Taliban fighters continue to attack Kabul today, after a series of explosions took place near the U.S. embassy and NATO headquarters, and militants stormed a half-finished high rise building and began firing guns and rockets at the embassy and other targets nearby (NYT, Post, AP, WSJ,Pajhwok, BBC, Bloomberg, Guardian, Reuters, CNN, Tel). Several suicide bombers have reportedly been involved in the coordinated attacks in the upscale Wazir Akbar Khan area of Kabul, and attack helicopters have been deployed over the city (Guardian, Reuters, WSJ). At least one Afghan policeman and two insurgents have been killed in the fighting so far (AP).

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