Building once used by CIA is attacked in Afghanistan

KABUL, Afghanistan -- A building used by the CIA in Kabul came under attack Sunday, U.S. and Afghan officials said, the latest in a series of attacks in the Afghan capital.

Afghan authorities said gunfire was heard in the evening near the Ariana Hotel, a building that former U.S. intelligence officials said was the CIA station in Kabul. The CIA occupied the heavily secured building just blocks from the Afghan presidential palace in late 2001 after the U.S.-led invasion that toppled the Taliban.

There was no immediate word on casualties.

A U.S. official confirmed there was an attack on a facility used by American officials in Kabul.

"The situation is fluid, and the investigation is ongoing," the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the situation.

Officials at the U.S.-led coalition headquarters nearby said they heard the gunfire, but did not have details about the incident.

All the officials in Afghanistan spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media.

The attack came two weeks after militants fired rocket-propelled grenades and assault rifles at the U.S. Embassy, NATO headquarters and other buildings, killing seven Afghans. No embassy or NATO staff members were hurt in the 22-hour assault.