Afghan gunfight: Kabul police battle insurgents
BBC News - Afghan gunfight: Kabul police battle insurgentsAfghan and international security forces have been battling a multi-pronged attack by insurgents targeting the US embassy, Nato headquarters and police buildings in Kabul.
Police are still exchanging fire with at least one gunman holed up in an unfinished high-rise building overlooking the diplomatic quarter.
Six people have been killed and 16 injured, Kabul's police chief said.
The Taliban said they were behind the violence.
At least one attacker remains on one of the upper floors of the building, says the BBC's Quentin Sommerville, in Kabul.
Afghan intelligence officials are already going through the lower floors, gathering evidence about the way the attack was planned and carried out.
This adds to a long line of Attacks in Kabul the last year:
Source BBCAugust 2011: Gunmen storm British Council HQ, killing 12 people
June 2011: Seven people killed in gun and bomb attack at Intercontinental Hotel
April 2011: Two soldiers killed after gunman opens fire inside defence ministry
Jan 2011: Eight killed by suicide bomber at Kabul Finest supermarket
Feb 2010: At least 17 people killed in gun and bomb attack on foreign guesthouse district
Jan 2010: 12 dead in attack on government targets and shopping malls

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