Deputy police chief Rahmatullah Atrafi says the three men assaulted the former headquarters in the heart of the city early on Wednesday. The attackers were killed after a protracted gunbattle, while the security forces suffered no casualties.
Kandahar is the birthplace of the hard-line Taliban movement. The city is heavily guarded by Afghan National Security Forces but the insurgents still manage to enter the city.
Two of three suicide bombers were killed when they attacked a base of Afghan intelligence agency in Afghanistan's Kandahar province Wednesday, a police said.
"Three suicide bombers attacked a base of National Directorate of Security (NDS) at 10 a.m. in the provincial capital of Kandahar city. The security forces have killed two of them and gunfight is going on," provincial police spokesman Zia Durani told Xinhua.
Eyewitnesses said four suicide bombers attempting to overrun a checkpoint next to the base failed to enter the compound.
Several shops and houses nearby were damaged in the blasts and by gunshots, according to the eyewitnesses.
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - Afghan police officials say three insurgents tried to storm the former intelligence service headquarters in the southern city of Kandahar, prompting a fierce gunbattle with security forces that left the attackers dead.
Deputy police chief Rahmatullah Atrafi says the three men assaulted the former headquarters in the heart of the city early on Wednesday. The attackers were killed after a protracted gunbattle, while the security forces suffered no casualties.
During the battle, many of the national intelligence troops had their faces hidden behind scarves to protect their identities.
Kandahar is the birthplace of the hard-line Taliban movement. The city is heavily guarded by Afghan National Security Forces but the insurgents still manage to enter the city.
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