Security forces in Afghanistan have been battling with gunmen following an attack on the Iraqi embassy in Kabul.<br /><br />It began when a suicide bomber blew himself up at the main gate, allowing gunmen to enter the building.<br /><br />Police on the scene said the attackers appeared to have taken cover in the embassy building in a business district of the city, from where smoke could be seen rising. <br /><br />Militant group Islamic State have claimed responsibility for the attack.<br /><br />Iraq’s chargé d’affaires was rescued from the building and taken to the Egyptian embassy and attempts were also underway to evacuate two Iraqi staffers.<br /><br />Two Afghan guards of the embassy were killed in the attack, which was under suppressed by mid-afternoon.<br /><br />The attack comes a week after at least 35 people were killed in a suicide attack on government workers in Kabul and underlines the precarious security in Afghanistan as the U.S. administration considers an overhaul of its policy in the region.<br />
