Bombers aim for buses in new tactic to spread death and fear in Afghanistan

FILE PHOTO: People travel in an overcrowded bus in Kabul June 1, 2014. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood (AFGHANISTAN

KABUL (Reuters) - Militants in Afghanistan are adopting a new tactic to spread fear in the capital, Kabul, especially among the the ethnic Hazara minority, planting bombs on crowded buses that have until now largely been spared such bloodshed.

Two blasts on buses in an area dominated by Shi'ite Muslim Hazras killed at least 12 people and wounded 10 on Tuesday, raising new fears in the community and alarming security officials who say such attacks are nearly impossible to stop.