Kabul:
An attack involving a car bomb followed by gunfire was launched on a convoy of vehicles near an international compound in eastern Kabul on this evening, security sources said.
Around 5 pm a convoy of vehicles belonging to foreign forces was attacked by a suicide bomber in a car and the blast was followed by gunfire, according to security sources.
Police sources initially said the final target was Green Village, a residence for military contractors and other international staff, but later reports indicated fighting had taken place on the street nearby.
"First there was an explosion in front of Green Village which destroyed two or three vehicles belonging to foreign forces," a police official said, adding that insurgents had then headed for the entrance to the compound.
But a second security source said the compound had not been hit by the attack.
"Doesn't look like it. It was out on the street rather than inside," the source said, adding that a number of Afghan casualties had been reported from the scene of the attack.
The Green Village compound was the target of a similar attack last year.
© Thomson Reuters 2013