(28 Nov 2014) Afghan security stood guard in an upscale district of the Afghan capital on Friday, after Taliban fighters staged an attack the night before.
Witnesses described multiple explosions and bursts of gunfire in the Wazir Akbar Khan district, which contains numerous foreign embassies and compounds housing international agencies and companies - as well as the homes of some senior Afghan government officials.
The attack took place near the compound of the development agency International Relief and Development.
The agency's head of security, Tony Haslem, told The Associated Press the attack lasted about 45 minutes and he heard rocket propelled grenades and automatic weapons being fired.
No foreigners were killed in the attack.
Heavily armed security forces and armoured vehicles were deployed in large numbers.
Afghan police flooded into the area and locked down the surrounding streets.
The attack came hours after a suicide car-bomber struck a British embassy vehicle, killing five people including a British citizen.
A Taliban spokesman said the intended target was a guesthouse in the district occupied by foreigners.
The spokesman, speaking on condition of anonymity, refused to give further details, adding only that the target of the attack were "enemies."
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