Taliban assault on Kabul lasts 20 hours
An assault by Taliban insurgents on the heart of Kabul's diplomatic and military enclave
hasended Wednesday morning after 20 hours, when security forces killed the last of six attackers.
The insurgents had holed up in a multi-storey building still under construction and launched their attack early on Tuesday afternoon, firing rockets towards the U.S. and other embassies and the headquarters of NATO-led foreign forces.
At least nine people were killed and 23 wounded in the violence.
The U.S. and British embassies and the NATO-led coalition said all their employees were safe.
Violence is at its worst since U.S.-backed Afghan forces toppled the Taliban government in late 2001, with high levels of foreign troop deaths and record civilian casualties.
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