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Gunmen 'attack Afghan election HQ' in Kabul Gunmen attack Afghan election office in Kabul
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Insurgents have attacked offices of Afghanistan's electoral commission in Kabul, police say. The Taliban have launched a gun and bomb attack on an office of the Afghan election commission in Kabul, less than two weeks before presidential polls.
Initial reports said the home of candidate Ashraf Ghani had come under fire, but police now say the provincial election HQ is the focus of the attack. Two policemen were killed and two other police wounded in the battle with the insurgents, the interior ministry said, adding that five gunmen were also dead.
They say insurgents have gained access to the main compound - it is not clear if there have been casualties. There were no immediate reports of casualties among election workers.
The attack is the latest in the run-up to the 5 April vote to choose a successor to Hamid Karzai. The Taliban, who have vowed to disrupt the 5 April vote and are boycotting it, said they carried out the attack.
It is unclear how many attackers are involved in the assault on the election commission. The Taliban are boycotting the election and have vowed to disrupt the vote. Reports said fighting was still going on, four hours after it began.
Earlier, reports said gunfire and an explosion had been heard at the house of Mr Ghani in the capital. He was not at home, police said. "At around 11:35 am [0705 GMT] a suicide bomber blew himself up at the gate of an IEC regional office in Darulaman, and then several other attackers entered the building," Kabul police spokesman Hashmat Estanakzai was reported as saying by AFP news agency.
Interior ministry spokesman Sediq Sediqi said "cleaning up" operations were going on at the election commission compound on the city's outskirts.
Initial reports said the nearby home of candidate Ashraf Ghani had come under fire, but shortly afterwards police said the provincial election HQ was the focus of the attack.
The attack is the latest in the run-up to the vote to choose a successor to Hamid Karzai.
It was not immediately clear how many attackers were involved in the assault on the election commission compound.
Ashraf Ghani is a former finance minister and World Bank official, and a leading candidate in the race succeed Hamid Karzai.Ashraf Ghani is a former finance minister and World Bank official, and a leading candidate in the race succeed Hamid Karzai.
Mr Ghani is running for election on a ticket with the former Uzbek warlord Abdul Rashid Dostum.Mr Ghani is running for election on a ticket with the former Uzbek warlord Abdul Rashid Dostum.