The Taliban has claimed responsibility for an attack on Afghanistan's election headquarters, the latest in a series of assaults ahead of next week's presidential election.
Afghan officials say militants fired explosives into the Independent Election Commission in Kabul, on Saturday, shortly before a news conference was due to begin.
Witnesses say election officials took cover in special safe rooms in the heavily fortified building.
A deputy spokesman for the interior ministry told VOA the insurgents launched the attack from a nearby house. A police chief told VOA the militants were dressed in burqas, a traditional covering used by women in Afghanistan.
The Taliban has vowed to deliver a campaign of violence to disrupt the April 5 presidential election, which it says is a Western sham.
On Tuesday, Taliban militants stormed a separate elections office in Kabul. Afghan officials say 10 people were killed, including five militants.
Afghan officials say militants fired explosives into the Independent Election Commission in Kabul, on Saturday, shortly before a news conference was due to begin.
Witnesses say election officials took cover in special safe rooms in the heavily fortified building.
A deputy spokesman for the interior ministry told VOA the insurgents launched the attack from a nearby house. A police chief told VOA the militants were dressed in burqas, a traditional covering used by women in Afghanistan.
The Taliban has vowed to deliver a campaign of violence to disrupt the April 5 presidential election, which it says is a Western sham.
On Tuesday, Taliban militants stormed a separate elections office in Kabul. Afghan officials say 10 people were killed, including five militants.