The Taliban have carried out a co-ordinated attack on the Afghan parliament in the capital, Kabul, where heavy fighting is still going on.<\/p>\n
Attackers detonated a huge car bomb outside the building, before racing into parliament itself, reports say.<\/p>\n
Police are evacuating the premises, while trying to fight off the attackers.<\/p>\n
The Taliban say they are carrying out the attack to coincide with a vote to endorse a new defence minister.<\/p>\n
Pictures on social media showed parliament full of smoke and people running for cover.<\/p>\n
The incident happened as new Defence Minister Massoom Stanekzai was being introduced to MPs, who need to endorse him.<\/p>\n
Local media report another explosion in the Dahmazang area of Kabul city.<\/p>\n
Television was broadcasting live from the building when the explosion struck and MPs were seen fleeing the building.<\/p>\n
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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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