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The BBC's Bilal Sarwary says the casualty figure would have been higher if a car filled with explosives had detonated
A suicide bomb attack has been launched on a building belonging to Afghanistan's National Directorate of Security (NDS) in the capital, Kabul, officials have told the BBC.
Three civilians were killed and 30 hurt, the officials said. Five attackers were killed.
Another car packed with explosives was defused, police said.
The Taliban, who have launched several high-profile raids on Kabul, said they were behind the attack.
The BBC's Bilal Sarwary in Kabul says the attacked area is often packed with civilians who come to collect passports and national identity cards at the interior ministry.
Intelligence chief Gen Zaher Zaher told the BBC the clearance operation was now over.
'Huge bang'The area involved in central Kabul is heavily barricaded and also houses several Western embassies.
- 22 June 2012: At least 20 people die in Taliban attack on the Spozhmai Hotel near Kabul
- 15 April 2012: Seven sites including parliament, Nato HQ and foreign embassies attacked
- 29 October 2011: Suicide bomber attacks bus carrying Isaf staff, killing 13 foreigners and four Afghans
- 13 September 2011: Gunmen seize unfinished high-rise to fire on Nato HQ and US embassy
- 19 August 2011: Gunmen storm British Council HQ, killing 12 people
- 28 June 2011: 22 people die after militant attack on the Intercontinental Hotel
The main explosion took place around noon local time (07:30 GMT). A plume of smoke rose from the area, and gunfire and police sirens were then heard.
One eyewitness, Mohammad Zia, told Associated Press that a car had been driven up to the gates of the barricaded NDS building and a bomb inside the vehicle was detonated.
A number of wrecked cars could also be seen.
Shop owner Qais Ahmad told Reuters: "I was inside the shop when I heard noises and a huge bang. The explosion happened and all the glass and windows in my shop were destroyed and injured my head."
Regular attacksThe attack comes shortly after the return from the US of President Hamid Karzai, who was discussing with President Barack Obama the future of his country after the Nato-led troops withdraw at the end of next year.
Wednesday's attack on the embassy area of Kabul is the first since November, when a suicide bomber killed two Afghan security guards and wounded three.
Last month, NDS chief Asadullah Khalid was wounded in a Taliban suicide bombing in the Taymeni area of central Kabul.
The Taliban said the attacker had posed as a peace messenger.
Mr Khalid has been in the job since September and has a reputation for being fiercely anti-Taliban.
Militant groups continue to mount regular attacks in Afghanistan, raising questions as to how the Afghan security forces will cope after 2014.
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