Gunmen, including at least one dressed as a doctor, attacked a military hospital in an area close to the US Embassy in the Afghan capital Kabul on Wednesday and were engaging security forces inside the building, witnesses said. Security forces were surrounding the 400-bed Sardar Mohammad Daud Khan hospital, where an explosion was earlier reported. A worker at the hospital, Abdul Qadir, told Reuters that a number of gunmen appeared to be inside the hospital. Tolo News television quoted a doctor working in the hospital who said a blast was detonated at the hospital, after which gunmen had opened fire. The area was blocked off by security forces and few details were immediately available of what was going on inside the hospital, which treats military casualties from around Afghanistan.

Source: Indian Express March 08, 2017 05:28 UTC