KABUL: At least 21 people were killed and 45 wounded in twin bombings near the Afghan parliament in Kabul on Tuesday, a security official told AFP.
“The blasts left 21 people dead and 45 others wounded, most of them civilians including parliament employees,” the official told AFP, requesting anonymously.
The Afghan Taleban claimed responsibility for the blasts.
The attack targeted a minibus carrying staff from the NDS, Afghanistan’s main intelligence agency, the insurgents said.
The attack, which ended a period of relative calm in the Afghan capital, occurred in a crowded area during the afternoon rush hour as workers were returning home.
Officials said a suicide bomber blew himself up in the Darul Aman area of the city near the new Indian-financed parliament building and was followed immediately by a car bomber in an apparently coordinated operation.
Earlier on Tuesday, a suicide bomber killed seven people and wounded nine when he detonated his explosives in a house in the southern province of Helmand used by an NDS unit. - Reuters/AFP
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