Taliban Have Launched An Attack On The Embassy District Of Kabul

Reuters: Taliban attack hits Spanish embassy in Kabul

The Taliban mounted a car bomb attack on a guest house near the Spanish embassy in Kabul on Friday, wounding at least seven people and further dimming any hopes of peace talks with moderate elements of the Islamist insurgent movement.

Gunfire was reported immediately following the explosion, which the Taliban said was targeted at a guest house attached to the embassy near a heavily protected area of the capital close to many foreign embassies and government buildings.

A spokesman for the Spanish foreign ministry initially said there had been an explosion in the embassy, which is outside a fortified "green zone" housing other embassies and U.N. buildings.

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