DAESH gunmen have stormed a partially constructed building near an intelligence training centre in the Afghan capital, triggering a gun battle with security forces.
The fighting ended when Afghan security forces shot and killed the three attackers while taking no casualties.
The gunmen, who launched their assault with a car bomb and rocket-propelled grenades, were wearing police uniforms.
The militants took up positions at the construction site in order to fire down on the training centre.
The Daesh group claimed the attack in a statement carried by its Aamaq news agency, saying two fighters had attacked an intelligence centre in Kabul.
A powerful Daesh affiliate has emerged in Afghanistan in recent years that is largely made up of disgruntled former Taliban militants.
The group is not as large or well-entrenched as the Taliban, but has carried out a number of deadly attacks, mainly targeting minority Shias and security forces.
Daesh has also clashed with the Taliban. The two groups are fiercely divided over ideology, tactics and leadership.
In another attack yesterday, in the southern Helmand province, a suicide car bomber struck a police convoy, killing one police officer and wounding 29 other people, including civilians.
No-one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, which took place in the provincial capital, Lashkar Gah.
In the eastern city of Mihtarlam, capital of Laghman province, two separate blasts killed an intelligence service agent and a civilian.
Another six people were wounded in the second attack, including children. No-one immediately claimed responsibility for either blast.
A Taliban attack on a police post in the western Badghis province on Sunday killed a police officer – the district police commander – and wounded three others.
The attack set off heavy clashes in which scores of Taliban attackers had to be driven off but, again, there was no immediate claim of responsibility from the group.
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