(MENAFN- Qatar News Agency) Gunmen attacked the headquarters of the main Afghan election commission in Kabul on Saturday, a week before the presidential election. The attackers, believed to be fully armed with machine guns, rocket launchers and suicide vests, entered a building in front of the commission headquarters and started firing at the election commission with automatic weapons. "I can confirm an attack at the IEC [Independent Election Commission] headquarters," Noor Mohammad Noor, the IEC spokesman, said. "We heard two explosions inside the IEC compound, the sound of firing is still ongoing, but people are safe and are in safe rooms." Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack. There is no word on casualties yet, as police rushed to the scene. The attack comes one week ahead of voting. It is the fourth attack in the past eight days in Afghanistan, and the second attack targeting election offices in Kabul. On Friday, Taliban fighters attacked a Kabul guesthouse used by a US anti-landmine charity, killing two people including a teenage girl. The Taliban have vowed a campaign of violence to disrupt the polls on April 5, urging their fighters to attack polling staff, voters and security forces in the run-up to election da
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