At least 49 people were killed in explosions and skirmishes in Afghanistan. At least seven people died in an attack on a bus with employees of the Ministry of Mining in the east of the capital Kabul. Another 21 were injured in the explosions, said the Ministry of Health. Among the killed were five women and one child.
According to the Interior Ministry, it was only a suicide bomber who attacked the bus on a motorcycle in the east of the city. A little later there was a second explosion in the same area, but the cause was unclear. Shortly thereafter, a car bomb detonated at another location in the east of the city. The radical Islamic Taliban claimed the car bombing raid for themselves. The goal was a convoy of international forces.
Meanwhile, a Taliban raid on a base and several checkpoints in northern Takhar province killed at least 35 security personnel during the night. After the raid, the Taliban had set fire to the checkpoints and base.
At least 49 people were killed in explosions and skirmishes in Afghanistan. At least seven people died in an attack on a bus with employees of the Ministry of Mining in the east of the capital Kabul. Another 21 were injured in the explosions, said the Ministry of Health. Among the killed were five women and one child.
According to the Interior Ministry, it was only a suicide bomber who attacked the bus on a motorcycle in the east of the city. A little later there was a second explosion in the same area, but the cause was unclear. Shortly thereafter, a car bomb detonated at another location in the east of the city. The radical Islamic Taliban claimed the car bombing raid for themselves. The goal was a convoy of international forces.
Meanwhile, a Taliban raid on a base and several checkpoints in northern Takhar province killed at least 35 security personnel during the night. After the raid, the Taliban had set fire to the checkpoints and base.
