Afghan police say parliament attackers killed

22 Jun, 2015

KABUL: Six Taliban gunmen who attacked the Afghan parliament on Monday, have been killed, police said, nearly two hours after lawmakers were forced to flee by a large explosion and gunfire.

Ebadullah Karimi, the Kabul police spokesman, said one Taliban fighter driving a car detonated a bomb outside parliament gates and six others took up positions near the building.

Afghan forces killed six of them and all lawmakers were safe, he said.

Copyright Reuters, 2015

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