Deadly Attack On Interior Ministry In Kabul Repelled, Officials Say

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Deadly Attack On Interior Ministry In Kabul Repelled, Officials Say
RFE/RL's Radio Free Afghanistan

An attack on Afghanistan's Interior Ministry in Kabul has been repelled with one policeman and all of the attackers being killed in the latest in a series of militant attacks in the city.

A suicide bomber blew himself up at the first checkpoint of the Afghan Interior Ministry compound in Kabul before gunmen exchanged fire with the security forces, officials say.

The attack, claimed by the Islamic State (IS) extremist group, involved seven gunmen who were killed by security forces, Interior Ministry spokesman Najib Danish told RFE/RL more than an hour after the May 30 assault was launched.

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