KABUL: More than 20 people have been killed and at least 16 injured in a gun and bomb assault on a military hospital in the Afghan capital Kabul, BBC said.
Attackers targeted the 400-bed Sardar Daud Khan hospital starting with two massive explosions outside the building, officials said.
Gunmen then broke into the hospital grounds, according to witnesses.
No one has yet claimed responsibility, but the Taliban have blamed the Islamic State affiliate IS-K for the attack.
Photographs and video footage from Kabul showed a plume of smoke over the area and recorded the sounds of gunfire, the report said.
A doctor in the building told the AFP news agency he had been sent to seek shelter in a safe room during the attack and could hear guns being fired.
Sayed Ahad told broadcaster EVN that one of the blasts was a suicide attack.
(With inputs from BBC)
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