Taliban attack Afghan diplomatic area, parliament

KABUL: At least seven large explosions and automatic gunfire rocked the central diplomatic area of Kabul on Sunday, and embassy alarms were sounding.Gunfire appeared to be coming from various directions in the heavily barricaded diplomatic area of central Kabul close to both the U.S. and British embassies.A police officer in the area said there was an attack involving shooting near parliament and the US embassy in Kabul.It was the first attack in Kabul since a shooting inside the Interior Ministry in February in which a ministry employee turned a gun on NATO advisers and shot two soldiers dead. AGENCIES