Attackers detonate explosives outside Afghan communication ministry in Kabul

The attack took place around midday, said interior ministry spokesman Nasrat Rahimy. A crisis unit has been sent to the scene to respond.

Two of the attackers were killed by special forces, Rahimy told CNN, but the third attacker is still fighting police in the yard of the ministry.

There has been no immediate claim of responsibility.

The attack follows several months of relative calm in Kabul and comes just one day after US-led peace talks between Afghan leaders and the Taliban were postponed "to further build consensus as to who should participate in the conference," according to a letter from Sultan Barakat of the Center for Conflict and Humanitarian Studies at the Doha Institute.

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