Afghan insurgents launch late-night attack on Kabul guesthouse

An Afghan policeman keeps watch near the site of an attack in Kabul, Afghanistan early May 27, 2015. REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail

KABUL (Reuters) - Heavily armed insurgents stormed a guesthouse in the diplomatic quarter of Kabul late on Tuesday night and were still resisting Afghan security forces more than five hours after the assault began.

The attack targeted a guesthouse owned by a prominent Afghan political family, Kabul's police chief said, declining to provide details on the occupants.