Suicide attack on Afghan defence ministry bus injures six

Six employees of the Afghan Defence Ministry and one civilian were injured in the suicide attack on the vehicle of employees of the Defence Ministry in Kabul on Wednesday, Afghan media reported.

The Defence Ministry said in a statement that a suicide attacker attacked the vehicle of the employees of the Defence Ministry by exploding the explosives he was carrying with him, in the Pol-e Sorkh area in the third security district of Kabul city at around 0710 local time.

The statement added that six employees of the Afghan Ministry Defence and one civilian were injured as a result.

Taliban claimed responsibility for this attack and their spokesman Zabihollah Mojahed said a Talib conducted a self-sacrificing attack on the bus of Afghan National Army officers in Kabul city and a large number of officers were killed or injured as a result.

This attack has taken place at a time when Taliban carried out three suicide attacks in Logar and Nangarhar province at a same time on 24 February and officials reported that they had killed one suicide attacker in Kabul, Afghan Islamic press reported.

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