KABUL — Afghan security forces have killed the last surviving gunman holding out more than 10 hours after a complex attack that began with a car bomb in central Kabul, Interior Ministry spokesman Sediq Sediqqi said on Tuesday.In a message posted on Twitter, he said Afghan special forces had killed all those involved in Monday night’s attack in the Share Naw area of Kabul.Explosions and erratic gunfire rang out on Tuesday in the militant attack on a Kabul charity, which erupted hours after a Taliban double bombing killed at least 24 people and left dozens of others wounded.At least one person died in the assault on a charity called Pamlarena, which means care in Pashto, but it was unclear if the target was the international charity Care.A plume of smoke rose over the upscale neighbourhood of Shar-e Naw after the attack began when a third massive explosion jolted the Afghan capital late Monday.No militant group has so far claimed responsibility for the raid on the charity, but it come...
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