Three bombs kill 15 in Afghan capital as U.S. general visits

A wounded man receives treatment at a hospital after a blast in Kabul, Afghanistan July 25, 2019. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani

KABUL (Reuters) - Three bombs rocked the Afghan capital of Kabul on Thursday, killing at least 15 people, officials said, as the chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff was meeting top U.S. and NATO officials in the city.

Eight employees of the ministry of mines and petroleum were killed and 27 wounded in an attack on their bus, ministry officials said in a statement. Five women and a child were among the dead.