Taliban claim responsibility for attacks on Kabul guesthouse

The Taliban claimed responsibility for a car bomb attack on a guest house near the Spanish embassy in Kabul yesterday, and said fighting was still going on at the scene.

Gunfire was reported immediately following the explosion, in a heavily protected area of the capital close to many foreign embassies and government buildings. Officials said police were on the scene.

At least three insurgents appeared to have been involved in the attack, a police official said. A Taliban spokesman said the attack targeted “an invader’s guest house”.