Right now. We are following several fox news alerts breaking at this hour. Good morning everyone. I am patti ann browne. I am heather childers. We begin with this one breaking news overnight terrorists in afghanistan. Two afghans were killed after twocar bombs went off. The taliban is taking responsibility. Elizabeth pran is live for us with the latest. Good morning heather and patti ann. An suv and a van carrying militants drove up to the front gate of the consulate in the Early Morning hours. State Department Officials say they initiated an attack with possible grenades and rifles which triggered a gun battle with Security Forces. Some militants were wearing suicide vests. In the footage we are seeing overnight you can see debris and twisted metal near the consulates gate. It doesnt appear any attackers demanded to breech the front gates. Two afghans were killed and several wounded. 7 attackers were also killed including the two drivers of the car bombs. American consulate personnel
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