Truck bomb in Kabul kills 15, wounds hundreds

Security personnel keep watch at the site of a truck bomb blast in Kabul, Afghanistan August 7, 2015. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood

KABUL (Reuters) - A truck bomb exploded near an army compound in Kabul on Friday, killing at least 15 people and wounding hundreds, police and government officials said, in the first major attack in the Afghan capital since the Taliban announced a new leader.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the explosion, which wounded people in their sleep and damaged homes and shops. A Taliban spokesman said the group was looking into the incident and the government said an investigation had begun.