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Taliban claims responsibility for Kabul suicide car bomb attack

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ANI Kabul [Afghanistan]

The Taliban has claimed responsibility for the bombing that left more than 20 people killed in western Kabul on Monday.

Tolo News, however, reported that the Taliban was targeting a bus carrying staff from an intelligence unit in the the vicinity of the 3rd police district of the city.

According to reports, the explosion occurred after a suicide attacker detonated a car bomb in Kabul's Gulaee Dawa Khana near the house of Mohammad Mohaqiq, the second deputy of Afghanistan Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah.

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First Published: Jul 24 2017 | 2:22 PM IST

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