A suicide bomber on foot struck a government vehicle in Kabul on Wednesday, killing at least six people and wounding 10 others, officials said, in an attack claimed by the IS.
The latest bombing to hit the Afghan capital came during the morning rush hour, as militants intensify nationwide attacks on the Western-backed government.
“A suicide attacker on foot targeted a vehicle belonging to security forces in downtown Kabul,” said interior ministry spokesman Sediq Sediqqi. He put the death toll at six, including five civilians and one military official, with 10 wounded in the blast, which occurred close to the defence ministry.
The SITE monitoring group said the IS’s local Khorasan province affiliate had claimed the attack in a communique claiming it had targeted Afghan intelligence officials.He added that two security officials were among the dead in the bombing, which occurred close to the defence ministry.Another security official said the targeted vehicle belonged to the government's VIP protection unit.
The assault underscores rising insecurity in Afghanistan nearly two years after US-led NATO forces formally ended their combat operations.The attack comes after four Americans were killed on Saturday in a suicide bombing inside Bagram Airfield -- the largest US military base in Afghanistan -- in a major breach of security.The Taliban claimed responsibility for the bombing, which left 16 other US service members and a Polish soldier wounded.
And last Thursday, a powerful Taliban truck bomb struck the German consulate in northern Mazar-i-Sharif city, killing at least six people and wounding more than 100 others.
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