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Car bombing in Afghan capital leaves one dead, 13 wounded

Monday, 28 December 2015 4:07 AM [ Last Update: Monday, 28 December 2015 6:22 AM ]

Police and relatives load an injured Afghan woman into an ambulance after she was wounded by a bomb attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, December 28, 2015. (Reuters Photo)

Afghan security officials say at least one civilian has been killed and thirteen others injured in a powerful explosion close to the Hamid Karzai International Airport in the Afghan capital city of Kabul.

The explosion took place at about 8 a.m. local time (0330 GMT) on Monday.

Sediq Sediqqi, a spokesman for the Afghan Interior Ministry, said a bomber detonated his vehicle laden with explosives in the Hawa Shinasi area of Kabul, which lies adjacent to the airport.

He added that one civilian was killed and thirteen others were wounded in the attack.

The Taliban militant group later claimed responsibility for the act of violence, saying that their target was a convoy of foreign troops, which apparently wasn’t harmed in the explosion.

An Afghan man stands next to his damaged vehicle after a bomb attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, December 28, 2015. (Reuters Photo)

The development came only three days after at least 18 people sustained injuries when a bomb explosion ripped through a mosque in Afghanistan’s northern province of Baghlan. Local official Gauhar Khan Baburi said the terrorist attack took place as a number of people had gathered at the mosque in the Ghorbandi area of the Puli Khumri district of the province, located 230 kilometers (142 miles) north of the capital, Kabul, for Friday prayers.

Afghanistan is gripped by insecurity 14 years after the US and its allies attacked the country as part of Washington’s so-called war on terror. Although the 2001 attack overthrew the Taliban, many areas across Afghanistan still face violence and insecurity.

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