A suicide bomber driving a car exploded himself near a mini-bus
of Afghan National Army on Wednesday morning in Afghan capital,
killing at least six soldiers and six civilians, a Defense Ministry
spokesman said.
In an earlier talk to Xinhua, Afghan Defense Ministry spokesman
Tahir Azimi said that the explosion took place at around 06:50 a.m.
local time.
However, a local radio, Noorin, quoted government officials as
saying that eight personnel from defense ministry who were in the
bus and some 12 nearby local civilians including some shopkeepers
were killed.
Taliban purported spokesman Zabihullah Mujahed told Xinhua via
phone from an unknown location said that his outfit took the
responsibility and a man from eastern Afghan Khost province carried
out the attack against Afghan National Army, killing some 40
persons.
The Afghan capital met several bombing attacks against foreign
troops and Afghan army during the past two months. A suicide
bombing against NATO troops near Kabul airport on Tuesday morning
wounded 22 civilians.
More than 6,000 people were killed in the roadside bombings,
suicide blasts and various militancy-related violence in the past
11 months in Afghanistan.
(Xinhua News Agency December 5, 2007)
