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At least two civilians and three Afghan police officers have been killed after the Taliban attacked a governors' compound and election office near Kabul, just 10 days before the country's elections.
Taliban bombers detonated themselves and fighters fired rocket-propelled grenades during the attack on Monday on the buildings in Pule Alam, 60km from the Afghan capital, local officials said.
Gun battles between the fighters and police lasted several hours, said Deen Mohammad Darwish, a spokesman for the governor of Logar province.
One Taliban fighter was killed after being hit by a missile fired from a US helicopter.
Elections 'hindered'
Al Jazeera's James Bays, reporting from Kabul, said it was an "audacious and very well-planned attack".
"The Taliban are telling Al Jazeera that six of their men were sent to stage this attack ... wearing suicide vests and carrying AK 47s.
"There are two things significant about this; Logar is the province right next to Kabul, and the second thing is that in the governor's compound is the office of the Independent Election Commission (IEC).
"It is going to worry them [the commission] a lot. It is a huge security challenge. Logar is a place that has had a lot of violence."
The attack came as a United Nations report said security fears in many parts of Afghanistan were hindering preparations for the presidential election to be held on August 20.
PHOTO CAPTION
A boy walks away from the site where Taliban are holding a building, as a U.S. helicopter fires flares over it, in Logar, south of Kabul August 10, 2009.
Al-Jazeera
