By IANS,
Kabul : A fierce gun battle broke out between suspected suicide bombers and the police at a UN guest house in the Afghan capital even as a rocket was fired at a five-star hotel here.
The gun fight between the police and suspected suicide bombers erupted in Shar-e-Naw area of Kabul, Xinhua reported.
A rocket fired from an unknown location slammed next to five-star hotel Kabul Serana.
The police found the suicide bombers while searching the guest house in downtown Kabul, said an official on the condition of anonymity.
Witnesses said the gun fight started around 5 a.m. and the street where the house was located has been cordoned off.
Sporadic gunfire could be heard and plumes of smoke rose above buildings in the Afghan capital, witnesses said.