. >> nathan hodge speaking to us from kabul. i want to explain to the viewers we are seeing video from inside the parliament building. unclear if this is live or taped from earlier. but we can see people milling about and walking around parliament what as to be a smokey interior. but people moving out of that room. you're telling us that the taliban have given this initial claim of responsibility. how many attacks in and around kabul have the tall ben successfully implemented just this year? it seems as to this is not uncommon. >> we've seen good number of attacks in recent weeks. there was a pretty serious attack on the palace that claimed the number of lives of afghans and internationals. more recently in kabul in the center of the heart of the diplomatic quarter about a couple of weeks ago there was also a fairly major attack on a guest house that touched off an hour longus battle. we have seen a fair number of these kind of attacks over recent months in the capital and in the countryside as well out in the provinces of afgha