Afghan presidential palace attacked in Kabul

Smoke billowing after the attack

It has been reported by BBC that militants have attacked the Afghan presidential palace and government buildings in Kabul.

The Taliban said they carried out the assault.

More than half a dozen explosions were heard as they clashed with security personnel at the palace's eastern gate, the defence ministry and a CIA station.

However, the police claims that all of the attackers were killed.

The militants initially targeted the palace's eastern gate - a few hundred metres from the actual building - where dozens of journalists had gathered for a news conference with Mr Karzai scheduled for 09:00.

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Afghanistan: Female car bomber kills 12 in Kabul

In what many believe to be a backlash of the blasphemous and anti Islam film directed by an American, a female car bomber killed 12 in the war ravaged Kabul, capital of Afghanistan. The dead included eight South Africans.

The bombing on a highway to Kabul airport was the second suicide attack in the city in 10 days, reviving questions about stability as NATO accelerates a troop withdrawal and hands over to Afghan forces by the end of 2014.

It came as officers revealed that Western troops are scaling back joint operations with Afghans after 51 NATO soldiers were shot dead this year by their local colleagues, a setback for the strategy that focuses on training Afghans.

An AFP photographer saw at least six bodies lying among the wreckage of a gutted minivan, while another vehicle destroyed by flames was still burning in the middle of the highway, with debris flung all around.

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Kabul under attack

As per a local news TV channel, the Afghan capital Kabul is under attack form militants - their main target is the afghan Parliament building, in which it has been reported some of the militants have entered.

Earlier the city was rocked by seven bombs, followed by attack on the parliament building. The attackers using heavy weapons are also said to have entered the diplomatic enclave in the central district of the capital city and have reportedly captured a hotel near the US embassy. Smoke was said to be billowing from the direction of the German embassy.

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