At least 20 people have died and more than 40 wounded in a suicide attack outside the foreign ministry in Kabul, a Taliban official says.
At least 20 people have been killed in a suicide bomb attack outside the Afghan foreign ministry in Kabul, a Taliban official says, while more than 40 wounded have been sent to a nearby hospital.Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attackUstad Fareedun, an official at the Taliban-run information ministry, said the bomber had planned to enter the foreign ministry, but failed.
Stefano Sozza, the organisation's director in Afghanistan, said casualty numbers were continuing to rise as the situation unfolded."This is the first mass casualty [event] in 2023, but certainly one of those with the most patients since the beginning of 2022. So much so, that we have also set up beds in the kitchens and canteen."
"The UK rejects such senseless and indiscriminate acts of violence," said Hugo Shorter, the charge d'affaires for the UK mission to Afghanistan. Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack, the militant group's Amaq news agency said on Telegram.
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