A NATO spokesman said the explosion had caused "massive damage" to the building, where around 30 people normally worked and heavily armed gunmen had followed up the blast. A German foreign ministry spokesman said the attack had been suppressed by Afghan and German security personnel as well as NATO special forces. By the early hours of the morning, Afghan special forces were still conducting search operations but were not encountering any more resistance, the local police chief Sadat said. NATO forces have a large base on the edge of the city. In Berlin, a crisis task force had been set up, and Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier was receiving continual updates, the ministry spokesman said.

Source: bd News24 November 11, 2016 04:30 UTC