Attack on Kabul ends after 20 hours: spokesman

Updated: 2011-09-14 14:08

(Agencies)

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Attack on Kabul ends after 20 hours: spokesman

A damaged car is seen after a rocket-propelled attack in Kabul Sept 13, 2011. Taliban suicide fighters launched an attack on central Kabul on Tuesday, taking over a multi-storey building under construction near the diplomatic district in the Afghan capital and firing rockets in the direction of several embassy and NATO compounds. [Photo/Agencies]

KABUL - An assault by Taliban insurgents on the heart of Kabul's diplomatic and military enclave has ended after 20 hours, when security forces killed the last of six attackers, a spokesman for the Ministry of the Interior said on Wednesday.

"The operation just ended and 6 terrorists were killed by Police, details on casualties will be announced later," spokesman Sediq Sediqqi said on Twitter.

The insurgents had holed up in a multi-storey building still under construction, and launched their attack early on Tuesday afternoon.