Afghan Taliban gunmen killed after 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) - Four Taliban insurgents armed with assault rifles and a grenade launcher stormed a guesthouse in the diplomatic quarter of the Afghan capital overnight and held out for hours until they were killed by government forces early on Wednesday, officials said.

No casualties other than the attackers were reported, Afghanistan's deputy interior minister General Ayoub Salangi said. Kabul police chief Abdul Rahman Rahimi said the guesthouse was owned by a prominent Afghan political family that includes Foreign Minister Salahuddin Rabbani.