Afghanistan, May 05, 2010: Militants armed with guns and suicide vests have stormed government buildings in the south-western Afghan city of Nimroz, officials say.

They say that the attackers set off a number of explosives and that two suicide bombers blew themselves up outside the governor’s compound.

A gun battle between the insurgents and security forces is still going on.

Taliban militants are active in much of south-west Afghanistan, an area traditionally seen as their stronghold.

“There have been seven explosions so far,” Nimroz governor Ghulam Dastagir Azad told a news agency.

“Police are engaged with the attackers in five or six locations including the provincial council and provincial court.”