DHAKA: Four gunmen have been killed after trying to storm a guesthouse in a diplomatic area of the Afghan capital, Kabul, police say.

The attack resulted in an overnight gun battle in the Wazir Akbar Khan district, home to several embassies and official buildings, reports bbc.com

The Taliban says it launched the attack. It lasted at least six hours.

The assailants were armed with a rocket propelled grenade launcher and other weapons, the interior ministry said.

No civilian or military casualties were reported.

"Four attackers who had one RPG launcher, three AK-47s and one grenade launcher were killed in Wazir Akbar Khan," deputy interior minister Mohammad Ayoub Salangi said on Twitter.

The four gunmen were killed before reaching their target, Kabul police chief Abdul Rahman Rahimi said.

BDST: 1215 HRS, MAY 27, 2015
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