(20 Apr 2019) A spokesperson from the Afghan Interior Ministry confirmed on Saturday that all four attackers in an earlier assault on Kabul had been killed.
Nasrat Rahimi said four civilians and three members of the security forces had also died.
At least eight people were wounded.
The attack happened outside the Telecommunications Ministry, starting with a suicide blast, which cleared the way for four gunmen to enter the building and the heavily guarded government compound in central Kabul.
Rahimi said security forces blocked all roads near the attack site and that forces shot and killed four additional suicide bombers before the attackers could reach their target of the nearby central post office.
He said as many as 2,700 government employees and civilians were rescued by security forces after being stuck in several government buildings including the central post office.
No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack.
Both Taliban insurgents and the Islamic State group are active in eastern Afghanistan and have previously claimed attacks in Kabul.
The Taliban denied involvement.
The attack came a day after Afghan-to-Afghan peace talks in Qatar were cancelled.
It would have marked the first time that Taliban and Kabul government officials sat together to negotiate an end to the war in Afghanistan and a withdrawal of U.S. troops.
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