Six Taliban insurgents were killed by Afghan security forces when the attackers targeted Kabul International Airport early Thursday, officials said, according to dpa. "A group of insurgents attacked Kabul airport from a building under construction in Police District 15, close to the airport, at 4.30 am [0000 GMT]," said Mohammad Ayoub Salangi, the deputy interior minister. One blew himself up and the other five were killed after nearly four hours of clashes with Afghan security forces, Sediq Sediqqi, the interior ministry's spokesman, told local media, adding one police officer was injured in the gun-battle.