At least one explosion accompanied by gunfire close to the United States Embassy in Afghanistan was reported by eyewitnesses on Tuesday .The Taliban launched an attack on NATO's coalition force headquarters close to the US embassy in Kabul
Explosions and a gun battle broke out outside US embassy in central Kabul.A large plume of smoke was seen emanating from the embassy area in Kabul.
Police said "Insurgents are firing rockets towards the US embassy ."Meanwhile the entire area has been cordoned off and the roads have been closed .
People heard a string of loud blasts while police confirmed one explosion and a gunfight in the city centre.
The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack on US embassy in Kabul.
More details are awaited .
On the 10th anniversary of September 11 , al Qaeda's attack on the United States,Taliban militants struck a coalition base in Afghanistan on Sunday ,injuring 90 NATO soldiers including 50 American soldiers.
A bomber detonated his explosives-laden car at the entrance to Combat Outpost Sayed Abad in Wardak province late on Saturday.
The Taliban claimed responsibility on their Internet site for Saturday's attack. Last month insurgents shot down a U.S. Chinook helicopter in Sayedabad district of Wardak province , killing 30 American troops, the majority of them Navy SEALs, including some from the unit responsible for the killing of Osama bin Laden.
President Barack Obama has vowed that the United States will not waver in its fight against terrorism, as his predecessor said Americans will "never forget" 9/11 and the heroes who helped defend the country.
A decade of fighting in Afghanistan began with Operation Enduring Freedom and snowballed into a huge effort currently involving around 140,000 troops from 48 countries.
Of 100,000 US troops in Afghanistan, 33,000 will leave by mid-2012, even as a still-potent Taliban insurgency is focused on headline-grabbing suicide attacks against government officials and foreign targets.
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