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[h=4]Taliban launches suicide attack on Afghan parliament[/h]The Taliban launched a suicide bombing and gunfire attack outside the Afghan parliament on Monday, local media reported.
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The Taliban launched an attack on the Afghan parliament Monday, with a suicide car bomber striking at the entrance and gunmen battling police as lawmakers were meeting to confirm the appointment of a defense minister, police and witnesses said. (Jun AP
Smoke and flames rise from burning vehicles at the site of an attack in front of the Afghan Parliament building in Kabul on June 22, 2015.(Photo: Shar Marai, AFP/Getty Images)
The Taliban launched a suicide bombing and gunfire attack outside the Afghan parliament on Monday, local media reported.
Kabul Police Chief Abdul Rahman Rahimi said a suicide bomber detonated a car laden with explosives outside the parliament, causing "considerable" damage to other cars and nearby buildings, Afghan broadcaster TOLOnews reported.
The incident happened around 10.30 a.m. local time in the capital of Kabul, as lawmakers were meeting to confirm the appointment of a defense minister.
The independent Pajhwok news agency reported that eyewitnesses said that attackers climbed onto the roof of a nearby building under construction, before firing at the parliament building.
Interior Ministry spokesman Sediq Sediqqi said all seven attackers were killed by special forces, TOLOnews reported. Health Ministry officials said that 31 civilians were injured, it added.
In a statement, the Taliban said it carried out a suicide bombing outside the parliament.
The Khaama Press news agency reported that TV footage showed members of parliament leaving the lower house of parliament. Member of parliament Harif Rahmani said that lawmakers were reported to have no serious injuries, TOLOnews tweeted.
He added that heavy security prevented the gunmen from entering the building, and that parliament security fought the attackers off for more than 20 minutes before security forces arrived.
Parliament was warned a few days ago that they would come under attack Rahmani said, according to TOLOnews.
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