Taliban attack police facility in eastern Afghan town

Multiple Taliban gunmen launched an attack on a police facility in the eastern Afghan town of Gardez as gunfire and explosions hit Afghanistan's capital on Sunday, an official said.

Multiple Taliban gunmen launched an attack on a police facility in the eastern Afghan town of Gardez as gunfire and explosions hit Afghanistan's capital on Sunday, an official said.

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An unknown number of Taliban gunmen believed to be also armed with suicide vests occupied a building overseeing a police training center and opened fire with machine-guns, Rohullah Samoon the provincial spokesman told AFP.

Four people, two students from the nearby university and two civilians were wounded, he said, and a gunfight was underway.