Taliban Fighters 'All Killed' After Kabul Siege

Fighting with insurgents in Kabul has ended after an 18-hour siege that began on Sunday, police have said.

The Taliban launched a series of co-ordinated attacks in the Afghan capital in what they called the start of a "spring offensive".

The strike was part of a series of attacks on Western embassies, Nato bases and the parliament building.

A spokesman for police in the city said all militants were killed.

Kabul police chief's spokesman Hashmatullah Stanikzai said: "The latest information we have about the Afghan parliament area is that the attack is over now and the only insurgent who was resisting has been killed."

Reports said fighting subsided this morning after Afghan forces repeatedly fired rocket-propelled grenades into a building in the centre of Kabul where insurgents began the attack.

Foreign Secretary William Hague said all staff escaped from the British embassy escaped unharmed and that there had been limited damage to British properties. Read More