(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) Taliban gunmen forced their way into a guesthouse in Kabul used by a US-based aid group and held four foreigners hostage for several hours on Friday
"A suicide bomber detonated his car loaded with explosives in front of a guesthouse used by foreign and Afghan citizens and now a number of suicide bombers are apparently inside," a spokesman for Kabul's police chief, Hashmat Stanikzai said in a statement
He added, "a gunfight is under way. There are no reports of possible casualties." According to initial reports, a gun battle erupted in the area and military convoys reached the site of the incident but number of foreigners inside the building was not immediately clear. Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid said insurgents attacked a "guesthouse of foreigners and a church of foreigners," said local media reports
The Afghan capital is on high alert and the atmosphere is nervous ahead of next week's presidential election that the Taliban have vowed to disrupt
The numbers of violent incidents have increased as presidential polls get closer and election campaigns of the candidates are in full swing. Earlier on Thursday, four gunmen stormed Kabul's Serena hotel and shot dead nine civilians including an Agence France-Presse journalist
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