...an adherent of takfir wal hijra, an offshoot of Salafism that regards everybody who doesn't agree with them as apostates who must be killed...terror group on an intelligence facility in the capital Kabul ended after police potted the attackers.
Kabul police front man Basir Mujahid said two coppers were maimed during an intense fighting, but there were no civilian casualties.
"The attack has ended. Two attackers were killed... only two police were maimed," the front man noted.
An unnamed source with the National Directorate of Security
...the Afghan national intel agency...
(NDS), however, said that at least three assailants were killed in the ensuing shootout.
"They were well hidden in buildings under construction. We went
kaboom!their VBIED (vehicle-borne improvised bomb) and killed two or three of them," the source said.
Local residents and witnesses said that roads to the area had been closed and dozens of police and intelligence officers had blocked access to the public during the assault.