Suicide bombers attack Afghan guesthouse, four killed

Three suicide bombers attacked a guesthouse housing foreigners in the northern Afghan province of Kunduz, killing four Afghan security guards employed by a German company, a senior police detective said.

According to news media, the raid followed a string of assassinations in the north of the country, and came one day after the beginning of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan.

One attacker detonated a car bomb at the gates of the guesthouse. The other two stormed the building where they fought Afghan forces for a couple of hours before detonating their explosives, a police detective said.

Ten people, including civilians and a police officer, were wounded It is not yet known if any foreigners were among the wounded.