Gunfire was heard following several explosions in the central Shar-e-Naw neighbourhood...
A gun battle is said to be under way and civilians are being evacuated from the area.
So-called Islamic State said it carried out the latest attack. Kabul has seen a number of deadly assaults this year blamed on either IS or the Taliban.
One security official is quoted as saying a suicide bomber targeted the area housing a police headquarters and the Iraqi embassy compound.
Pictures on social media show black plumes of smoke rising into the sky.
It is not yet known whether anyone has been hurt.
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Last Monday a suicide car bomb killed at least 30 people in a mainly Shia district of Kabul.
On 31 May, a huge bombing in the centre of the city killed more than 150 people, the deadliest militant attack in the country since US-led forces ousted the Taliban from power in 2001.
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