Unknown gunmen attacked former Taliban envoy to Pakistan Mullah Abdul Salam Zaeef's house in Kabul Friday night killing one of his guards. Police said.

According to Kabul police two motorbike riders Friday evening attacked Zaeef’s house in Kamare area of Bagrami district.

The unknown gunmen fled the area. Police said.

No group claimed responsibly Taliban reject any involvement in the attack.

Mullah Abdul Salam Zaeefwas Taliban envoy in Islamabad and in recent years he was living in Kabul.

He was detained in Pakistan in the fall of 2001 and held until 2005 in the Guantanamo Bay detainment camp.The United Nations removed Zaeef from its list of terrorists in July 2010.