UPDATE 4-Taliban kill 13 in attack on police headquarters in northern Afghanistan

Afghan forces battled for hours against Taliban insurgents who stormed a police headquarters in the northern city of Pul-e-Khumri, after a suicide bomber blew up his explosive-laden car, killing at least 13 people, officials said on Sunday. “The complex attack on Baghlan police headquarters has ended with the death of all nine attackers, including the suicide bomber,” he said. The Taliban, which is seeking to restore strict Islamic rule and expel foreign forces from Afghanistan, claimed responsibility for the attack in a busy area of the city with many other residential and commercial buildings.