Attacks in Afghan capital target parliament, embassys

At least a dozen large explosions and automatic gunfire rocked Kabul on Sunday in what appeared to be a coordinated attack across several areas of the city centre and concentrated on the heavily guarded diplomatic area, Reuters witnesses said. Rockets fired at Afghanistan's parliament and Russian embassy building.

Gunfire appeared to be coming from various directions in the barricaded diplomatic area of the city, close to both the US and British embassies, and embassy alarms were sounding. Taliban claimed responsibility for the attacks. (Reuters)