KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — At least one suicide bomber blew himself up late Tuesday night inside a Western-style hotel in Kabul, police said. A guest said he heard gunfire echoing throughout the five-story building.

There was no immediate word on casualties in the rare, nighttime attack in the Afghan capital. Streets leading to the Inter-Continental hotel were blocked. The hotel sits on a hill overlooking Kabul. The scene there was dark as electricity was out at the hotel.

Azizullah, an Afghan police officer who uses only one name, told an Associated Press reporter at the scene that at least one bomber entered the hotel and detonated a vest of explosives. Another police officer, who would not disclose his name, said there were at least two suicide bombers...