Explosions and gunfire rocked a Kabul hospital in Afghanistan, leaving at least 15 people dead

• At least 15 people were killed and scores wounded after an attack on a Kabul hospital on Tuesday.
• The Sardar Mohammad Dawood Khan military hospital was hit with explosions and gunfire.

At least 15 people were killed and dozens more left wounded on Tuesday after a Kabul hospital was rocked with explosions and gunfire, according to multiple reports.

A Taliban security official said 34 people were injured after a hospital in Afghanistan's capital city was hit by two explosions and gunfire, Reuters reported.

Islamic State militants were responsible for a blast that went off at the entrance of the Sardar Mohammad Dawood Khan military hospital, the Associated Press reported.

Five Islamic State members were killed during the attack, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said on Twitter.

The hospital is a haven for injured Taliban fighters and former Afghan military veterans, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Afghanistan's Bakhtar News Agency had reported earlier that witnesses described seeing Islamic State fighters clash with security forces in the hospital.

The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for a string of deadly attacks on Afghanistan in recent weeks, and targeted the same hospital in 2017, the Journal said.