Suicide car bomb hits Afghanistan’s Kabul

Taliban claim responsibility for attack that killed at least 24 people in a western Kabul neighbourhood.

‘At least 24 people have been killed and more than 40 wounded after a suicide car bomb targeted Afghanistan’s capital Kabul, officials have said.
The target of Monday’s attack was a bus carrying staff of the Ministry of Mines and Petroleum, intelligence officials told Al Jazeera.
Najib Danish, an acting Interior Ministry spokesman added that the casualty toll could rise.
Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement sent to Al Jazeera.
The attack came just before 7am local time (02:30 GMT) and took place close to the house of the deputy government Chief Executive Mohammad Mohaqi.’
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