At least six people are dead after an explosion and subsequent gun battle in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad Wednesday.

Authorities say the violence started when a suicide bomber killed himself near the Pakistani consulate, which is located near the Indian consulate, a hospital and several schools.

Local news outlets are reporting that some attackers have managed to enter the Pakistani offices, but there has been no official confirmation. 

Wednesday’s attack as delegates from Afghanistan, Pakistan, China and the United States, meeting in Islamabad, renewed efforts aimed at ending the 15-year war between the U.S.-backed Afghan government and the country’s former Taliban rulers.

Talks with the Taliban have been on hold since July, when they collapsed after just one meeting following Afghanistan’s announcement that longtime Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar had been dead for more than two years.  The Taliban called off its participation and a second meeting was canceled.

Ayaz Gul in Islamabad contributed to this report.
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