AFP: Taliban claim attack on police HQ in Afghanistan: "Several heavily armed men on Saturday launched an attack on police headquarters in the volatile southern Afghan city of Kandahar, after at least one explosion and gunfire nearby.
The Taliban claimed responsibility, saying six of its men were holed up in a wedding hall over the road from the police office in the strategically vital city that is also the militants' traditional stronghold.
An AFP reporter at the chaotic scene saw attackers firing rocket-propelled grenades, AK-47 assault rifles and machine guns from the sixth floor of the wedding hall.
He later said that police had entered the building and there had been two loud explosions. It was not immediately clear if there were any casualties.
Zalmai Ayubi, a spokesman for the governor of Kandahar, confirmed that shots had been fired at the police headquarters.
'Zarnegar hall, which is located on the other side of the road 50 metres (yards) away from Kandahar police HQ, has been the source of the shootings on the police HQ,' Ayubi told AFP.
He also said there was an earlier explosion nearby while the AFP reporter also heard another blast in the same area plus arms fire in other parts of the city."
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