Explosions, gunfire reported near Spanish Embassy in Kabul

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  • Afghan Crisis Response Unit (CRU) personnel stand guard at the site of bomb attack on the Spanish embassy compound in Kabul on December 11, 2015. Insurgents have launched an attack on a Spanish embassy compound in Kabul on December 11, Afghan officials said, following reports of gunfire and a massive car bomb in the centre of the city. AFP PHOTO / Wakil Kohsar / AFP / WAKIL KOHSAR (Photo credit should read WAKIL KOHSAR/AFP/Getty Images)
  • Afghan security forces stand guard near a terrorist attack site, close to the Spanish embassy, in center of Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Dec. 11, 2015. An Afghan official says a car bombing near a foreign guesthouse in central Kabul has wounded one person. (AP Photos/Massoud Hossain)
  • TOPSHOT – Afghan security personnel carry a wounded man at the site of an attack on the Spanish embassy compound in Kabul on December 11, 2015. Insurgents have launched a gun and bomb attack on the Spanish embassy compound in Kabul on December 11, Afghan officials said, but it was not immediately clear if there were casualties.”The embassy has been attacked. We are gathering details,” a foreign ministry spokesman in Madrid told AFP, information that was confirmed by the Kabul police. AFP PHOTO / SHAH Marai / AFP / SHAH MARAI (Photo credit should read SHAH MARAI/AFP/Getty Images)
  • Afghan security forces stand guard near a terrorist attack site, close to the Spanish embassy, in the center of Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Dec. 11, 2015. An Afghan official says a car bombing near a foreign guesthouse in central Kabul has wounded one person. (AP Photos/Massoud Hossain)
  • TOPSHOT – The shadows of Afghan police officers are seen near the site of an attack on the Spanish embassy compound in Kabul on December 11, 2015. Insurgents have launched an attack on a Spanish embassy compound in Kabul on December 11, Afghan officials said, following reports of gunfire and a massive car bomb in the centre of the city. AFP PHOTO / SHAH Marai / AFP / SHAH MARAI (Photo credit should read SHAH MARAI/AFP/Getty Images)
  • Afghan Crisis Response Unit (CRU) personnel stand guard at the site of bomb attack on the Spanish embassy compound in Kabul on December 11, 2015. Insurgents have launched an attack on a Spanish embassy compound in Kabul on December 11, Afghan officials said, following reports of gunfire and a massive car bomb in the centre of the city. AFP PHOTO / Wakil Kohsar / AFP / WAKIL KOHSAR (Photo credit should read WAKIL KOHSAR/AFP/Getty Images)
  • Afghan security force respond to a car bomb attack by Taliban militants near a foreign guesthouse in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Dec. 11, 2015. A Taliban spokesman said a suicide bomber targeted the guesthouse in Shir Pur, an area with embassies and other diplomatic buildings that seen to be one of the safer parts of the Afghan capital.(AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
  • Afghan police keep watch at the site of an attack on the Spanish embassy compound in Kabul on December 11, 2015. Insurgents have launched an attack on a Spanish embassy compound in Kabul on December 11, Afghan officials said, following reports of gunfire and a massive car bomb in the centre of the city. AFP PHOTO / SHAH Marai / AFP / SHAH MARAI (Photo credit should read SHAH MARAI/AFP/Getty Images)
  • Afghan security forces stand guard near a terrorist attack site, close to the Spanish embassy, in the center of Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Dec. 11, 2015. An Afghan official says a car bombing near a foreign guesthouse in central Kabul has wounded one person. (AP Photos/Massoud Hossain)
  • Afghan police walk near the site of an attack on the Spanish embassy compound in Kabul on December 11, 2015. Insurgents have launched an attack on a Spanish embassy compound in Kabul on December 11, Afghan officials said, following reports of gunfire and a massive car bomb in the centre of the city. AFP PHOTO / SHAH Marai / AFP / SHAH MARAI (Photo credit should read SHAH MARAI/AFP/Getty Images)
  • Afghan Crisis Response Unit (CRU) personnel stand guard at the site of bomb attack on the Spanish embassy compound in Kabul on December 11, 2015. Insurgents have launched an attack on a Spanish embassy compound in Kabul on December 11, Afghan officials said, following reports of gunfire and a massive car bomb in the centre of the city. AFP PHOTO / Wakil Kohsar / AFP / WAKIL KOHSAR (Photo credit should read WAKIL KOHSAR/AFP/Getty Images)
  • Afghan security forces respond to a car bomb attack by Taliban militants near a foreign guesthouse in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Dec. 11, 2015. A Taliban spokesman said a suicide bomber targeted the guesthouse in Shir Pur, an area with embassies and other diplomatic buildings that seen to be one of the safer parts of the Afghan capital.(AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
  • Afghan police run near the site of an attack on the Spanish embassy compound in Kabul on December 11, 2015. Insurgents have launched an attack on a Spanish embassy compound in Kabul on December 11, Afghan officials said, following reports of gunfire and a massive car bomb in the centre of the city. AFP PHOTO / Wakil Kohsar / AFP / WAKIL KOHSAR (Photo credit should read WAKIL KOHSAR/AFP/Getty Images)
  • Afghan security forces stand guard near a terrorist attack site, close to the Spanish embassy, in the center of Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Dec. 11, 2015. An Afghan official says a car bombing near a foreign guesthouse in central Kabul has wounded one person. (AP Photos/Massoud Hossain)
  • Afghan security forces stand guard near a terrorist attack site, close to the Spanish embassy, in the center of Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Dec. 11, 2015. An Afghan official says a car bombing near a foreign guesthouse in central Kabul has wounded one person. (AP Photos/Massoud Hossain)
  • Afghan security forces stand guard near a terrorist attack site, close to the Spanish embassy, in center of Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Dec. 11, 2015. An Afghan official says a car bombing near a foreign guesthouse in central Kabul has wounded one person. (AP Photos/Massoud Hossain)
  • A member of Afghan security forces stands guard at the site of a car bomb attack by Taliban militants near a foreign guesthouse in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Dec. 11, 2015. A Taliban spokesman said a suicide bomber targeted the guesthouse in Shir Pur, an area with embassies and other diplomatic buildings that seen to be one of the safer parts of the Afghan capital.(AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
  • Afghan forces respond to a car bomb attack by Taliban militants near a foreign guesthouse in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Dec. 11, 2015. A Taliban spokesman said a suicide bomber targeted the guesthouse in Shir Pur, an area with embassies and other diplomatic buildings that seen to be one of the safer parts of the Afghan capital.(AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)