Security forces engaged in an hours-long battle and killed all the attackers.
The airport was closed to all civilian air traffic because of the attack, an airport official said. It was unclear if the attack had damaged facilities inside the airport itself.
Tension: Afghan police arrive at the site of an attack at the main international airport in Kabul on June 10, 2013
Sediqi said two civilians were wounded. Deputy Kabul police chief Dawood Amin says there were seven attackers. Two blew themselves up with suicide vests and five were shot and killed by police.
Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid claimed responsibility for the attack, saying the insurgents were targeting NATO.
It was the latest in a series of attacks against the capital since the start of the year.
Taliban insurgents have launched intense attacks across the country as Afghan forces take over most security responsibility ahead of most foreign troops' withdrawal next year, more than a decade after the American-led invasion to oust the Taliban regime for sheltering al-Qaida's leadership after the Islamic extremist group launched the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in the United States.
Scenes: Smoke billows from the site of an explosion after the attack by insurgents
On May 16, a suicide bomber had rammed a car into a NATO convoy killing 15 people, including two American soldiers and four civilian contractors.
Kabul police said in an announcement that attackers wearing suicide vests had occupied one or two buildings under construction on the west side of the airport and were firing at the military facility, which was quite a distance away.
But it was uncertain if they actually managed to hit anything inside the airport.
A statement said there was at least one large explosion at around 4:30 a.m. and a gunbattle began with security forces.
'It first started with a big explosion which we think was a suicide attack. After that a gunbattle started,' said Kabul police spokesman Hashmat Stanikzai.
Control: Afghan policemen take position near the airport during a clash between insurgents and Afghan security forces
'Sometimes they are shooting from one building, sometimes from other. It is a residential area and the compound has been surrounded by Afghan security forces.
'The security forces surrounded the buildings and are being careful because it is a residential area,' he added.
Afghan army Gen. Murad Ali Murad said police and military forces were exchanging gunfire with insurgents.
'Outside the airport, in the civilian area, there is a tall building under construction and they are shooting at the military side from there,' he said.
The U.S.-led NATO coalition's Joint Command headquarters at the airport runs the day-to-day operations of the nearly 12-year-old war against insurgents.
Reaction: Afghan police run to the scene of the fighting
'It started just after dawn prayers and I counted about a dozen explosions, mostly RPG fire, coming from the airport,' said Emayatullah, who lives next to the airport. Like many Afghans he uses only one name.
The International Assistance Force's Joint Command said it was aware of reports of an attack but had no further details.
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