DHAKA: Taliban insurgents attacked the Afghan election commission’s heavily-fortified headquarters in Kabul on Saturday, one week ahead of voting and after a series of bloody attacks in the city.

Quick-response teams rushed to the area as rockets and gunfire were unleashed from a nearby building, according to officials.

‘I can confirm an attack at the IEC (Independent Election Commission) headquarters,’ IEC spokesman Noor Mohammad Noor told media, reports The Straits Times.

‘We heard two explosions inside the IEC compound, the sound of firing is still ongoing, but people are safe and are in (reinforced) safe rooms.’

BDST: 1614 HRS, MAR 29, 2014