Blasts, gunfire as militants attack guesthouse in Kabul

[World News]

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Gunfire and explosions rocked Kabul Friday as Taliban militants attacked a guesthouse used by foreigners, the latest violence to rock the Afghan capital just over a week before the presidential election. The Taliban have vowed a campaign of violence to disrupt the ballot on April 5, urging their fighters to attack polling staff, voters and security forces in the run-up to election day. Friday's assault, involving four attackers, began when they detonated a car bomb in front of the building, according to deputy interior minister Mohammad Ayoub Salangi. "It is a guesthouse, and there were also foreigners inside," Sayed Gul Agha Hashemi, head of Kabul police's criminal investigation branch, told AFP.

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