At least three militants who attacked the President’s Palace were killed in Kabul

In Kabul, at least three militants who attacked the Presidential Palace on Tuesday morning were killed in a shootout with security forces.

Prior to this, it was reported that all extremists who participated in an armed attack were liquidated. It happened when journalists gathered in the palace, invited to the press conference of Afghanistan President Hamida Karzai. The shootout with the militants lasted about an hour and a half. Whether there are any victims among employees of law enforcement agencies and other people in the building, it is not clear. The Taliban took responsibility for the attack.

On Tuesday, in the south of Afghanistan, in the city of Kandahar, during an explosion, eight women and a child - members of the same family who went to the wedding of relatives.