Major attack In downtown Kabul

Taliban launch major attack on downtown Kabul - Times LIVE: 

"The blasts hit the centre of Kabul at about 4:00 pm (1130 GMT) on Friday, the weekly holiday in Afghanistan, and gunfire was continuing sporadically two hours later.
Security forces killed two of the gunmen who were firing and throwing grenades from a building, interior ministry spokesman Sediq Sediqqi told the Tolo news channel, without saying how many attackers remained.
Kabul police spokesman Hashmat Stanikzai told AFP the initial explosion was close to a hospital run by the NDS intelligence agency and the headquarters of the Afghan Public Protection Force (APPF), which provides security for clients including international firms, supply convoys and aid groups."