New Delhi, Delhi, India

At least 13 people are dead and dozens were severely injured after Taliban suicide bomber and several gunmen attacked a police headquarters in northern Afghanistan on Sunday.

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The explosion was followed up by gunmen storming the police compound, according to Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid.

In a tweet, Zabihullah Mujahid said a suicide bomber had detonated a bomb inside an armoured personnel carrier, "flattening most of the building".

Faisal Sami, a senator from Baghlan province, put the toll at 12 killed and 60 wounded.

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The attack occurred two days after President Ashraf Ghani offered the Taliban a ceasefire during the holy month of Ramadan, which begins Monday.

The insurgents rebuffed the offer that came at the end of peace talks in Kabul, and as the Taliban meet with the US at separate talks in Qatar.