Kabul Taliban attack: Gunmen target Afghanistan's Spanish embassy with explosions and gunfire

Kabul attack — Afghan security forces inspect the scene of a suicide bomb attack in Kabul in November Getty Images

Taliban militants have attacked the Sherpur area in Kabul with a massive explosion during rush hour followed by bursts of gunfire. A Spanish policeman was killed in the attack.

The blast occurred in the affluent Sherpur Road, where foreign embassies are located and many expats live and work. Several wounded Afghans have been taken to the emergency hospital from the attack site, according to the medical Emergency group NGO.

#Kabul Spanish Embassy under attack. Located at 700mt from our hospital. Seven afghan patients received as of now. #Afghanistan
— EMERGENCY ONG/Onlus (@emergency_ong) December 11, 2015

Police officials said that at least three attackers are involved in the attack. According to some reports, the target is a guest house by the Spanish Embassy.

So far people are saying the embassy of #Spain was the target of the bombing in #Kabul. Some saying the attackers have entered guest houses
— إنتفاضة الباي آريا (@BayAreaIntifada) December 11, 2015

Sherpur is home to controversial former warlord Abdul Rashid Dostum, Afghanistan's first vice-president. A spokesman for Dostum confirmed the blast but said it was far from his house.

At an electoral meeting in Alicante, Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy sent "love for him and all his colleagues."

Security officials cordoned off the streets and ambulances with wailing sirens were seen rushing to the scene.

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