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Friday
Dec162011

Suicide Attackers Storm Afghanistan Police Station

MASSOUD HOSSAINI/AFP/Getty Images(KABUL, Afghanistan) -- Several suicide attackers stormed a police station in district five of Kabul City on Friday, and a gun battle between the attackers and Afghan security forces immediately followed.

The gunmen escaped after the battle.

The police station is located on the outskirts of Kabul on a main highway linking Kabul to Kandahar.

The Kabul police chief has confirmed the incident but little is known about those who may have been injured or killed.

Copyright 2011 ABC News Radio

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