Kabul, Dec. 22 (Antara/Xinhua-OANA) - Casualties were feared after Taliban gunmen stormed house of a parliament member in capital of Afghanistan Wednesday night.
The attack triggered a gunfight between security forces and the attackers in the western edge of the city, police said.
"House of Malim Mir Wali representative of southern Helmand province came under attack in Khoshal Mina locality. The Crisis Response Unit (CRU) of Kabul police arrived and were responding to the attack," a police official told Xinhua anonymously.
The attack started roughly at 06:20 p.m. and security forces cordoned off the area for precautionary measures.
Some two to three militants were involved in the attack, he said.
Witnesses said that they heard three heavy explosions. They said a meeting of provincial security officials and local elders was underway in the building before the attack.
"We still cannot provide details on causalities. There is fear of possible causalities, both civilian and security forces,"the source added.
"So far, we have no more details, but we will try to get more information," he said.
Unofficial sources said that four persons and one attacker were killed since the clash broke out.
The Taliban claimed the responsibly for the incident.
Meanwhile the Chinese government on Wednesday provided non-emergency humanitarian supplies to the Afghan government to assist the vulnerable Afghan families and boost bilateral ties.
"We appreciate China for providing the assistance, and the non-food humanitarian items such as blankets and tents will be distributed to Afghan returnees, war displaced families and natural disaster affected people across the country," said Afghan Minister of Rural Rehabilitation and Development Nasir Ahmad Durrani.
At the handover ceremony attended by Chinese Ambassador to Afghanistan Yao Jing, Durrani said that "much of the equipment had been transported by the ministry's personnel to 19 of the country's 34 provinces and the remaining items will be shifted to 15 provinces by the private transport sector."
Yao expressed his sincere wish of lasting peace and prosperity for Afghanistan.
"China will continue to be Afghanistan's friend and we will continue to be your partner," Yao said at the same occasion.
Durrani also expressed gratitude to China for its cooperation with the government and the people of Afghanistan.
