Alwaght- Gunmen have entered a military hospital close to the US Embassy in the Afghan capital Kabul on Wednesday and a gun battle is under way, the Afghan defense ministry says.
"The Sardar Daud Khan hospital has been attacked," said a spokesperson.
Security forces were surrounding the 400-bed Sardar Mohammad Daud Khan hospital, the largest military hospital in Kabul, where an explosion was earlier reported.
Reuters cited a a worker at the hospital as saying he saw one gunmen, dressed in a white doctor's coat, take out a concealed AK-47 and open fire, killing at least one patient and one hospital worker, but he had also heard firing from several other points.
Tolo News television quoted a doctor working in the hospital who said a blast was detonated at the hospital, after which gunmen had opened fire.
The area was cordoned off by security forces.
The attack comes just a week after sixteen people were killed in dual Taliban suicide attacks. That attack was claimed by Taliban insurgents.
They were the latest in a string of attacks to challenge the Afghan authorities after the resurgent militant group started its spring offensive early.
