Kabul , Afghanistan ( CNN ) -- Gunmen and suicide bombers attacked police in eastern Afghanistan Tuesday morning , leaving five officers dead , police said . The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack that occurred in the city of Jalalabad . Six or seven civilians were also injured in the violence and five of the attackers died , according to Mohammad Sharif Amin , a local police spokesman . This attack comes a day after U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Afghanistan for a trip to help repair strained relations with President Hamid Karzai . Kerry landed in Kabul on Monday afternoon and met with Karzai at the presidential palace . The attack , early Tuesday morning , happened some 145 kilometers ( 90 miles away ) from Kabul . At least eight attackers stormed a police station in Jalalabad , authorities said , igniting two car bombs and firing at officers . The Taliban , which is known to inflate numbers of the dead in past attacks , said as many as 40 officers and 15 foreign trainers were killed . That tally was not verified by Afghan police .
Five officers killed in the attack . The suspect was shot dead by police after he opened fire on them with an automatic weapon and a handgun. The attack comes as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is there .