Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Gunmen and suicide bombers attacked police in eastern Afghanistan Tuesday morning, leaving five officers dead, police said. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack that occurred in the city of Jalalabad. Six or seven civilians were also injured in the violence and five of the attackers died, according to Mohammad Sharif Amin, a local police spokesman. This attack comes a day after U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Afghanistan for a trip to help repair strained relations with President Hamid Karzai. Kerry landed in Kabul on Monday afternoon and met with Karzai at the presidential palace.
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Five officers killed in the attack
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The Taliban says they did it
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The attack comes as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is there
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