Fighting breaks out in eastern Afghanistan, Kabul --- (CNN) -- Fighting raged Thursday at a police station in eastern Afghanistan and near a hotel in the capital. -- Unknown gunmen and Afghan police exchanged heavy gunfire in an area close to the Serena Hotel in Kabul, police sources said Thursday. -- The hotel was already the site of an attack, in January 2008, that killed seven people. The Taliban claimed responsibility for that attack. -- Earlier, in eastern Afghanistan, Taliban militants stormed a police station in Jalalabad, and a deadly gun battle ensued, the country's Interior Ministry said. -- At least 11 people were killed and 22 were injured at the station, and at least six attackers were killed, according to a doctor at the hospital. -- This comes as the militant group threatened to carry out attacks before next month's presidential election. - More, CNN