"Operation Ended, All Attackers Killed": Afghanistan After Kabul Blasts

Afghanistan's interior ministry spokesman Mirwais Stanikzai said a large number of people were rescued and the area is now secured.

Afghanistan's interior ministry said Tuesday a coordinated assault targeting the defence minister and several lawmakers in the capital had been repelled and all the attackers killed. "The operation just ended. All the attackers were killed. A large number of people were rescued and the area is now secured," ministry spokesman Mirwais Stanikzai told reporters after a wave of explosions and gunfire rocked the capital late on Tuesday. (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)