At least ten people were killed and 41 wounded by three blasts that rocked the Afghan capital Thursday ahead of the election season. The bombings came amid a wider surge in violence in Kabul and around Afghanistan, where the war is taking a brutal toll even amid a US-led push for a peace deal with the Taliban.
The first explosion took place around 8.10 a.m. when a suicide bomber riding a motorcycle targeted a bus carrying employees of the Mines and Petroleum Ministry, Kabul police spokesperson Firdaws Faramarz told Efe news.
The second bomb was detonated near the bus attack site, the Interior Ministry said in a statement.
The third attack took place when an explosives-laden vehicle was detonated in another part of the city, a mostly-residential area that also has several industrial factories.
The triple bombing in Kabul took place less than a week after nine people were killed and 33 injured in an attack on July 19, when a suicide bomber detonated his explosive-laden car near Defence Ministry facilities while being chased by the police.
At least ten people were killed and 41 wounded by three blasts that rocked the Afghan capital Thursday ahead of the election season. The bombings came amid a wider surge in violence in Kabul and around Afghanistan, where the war is taking a brutal toll even amid a US-led push for a peace deal with the Taliban.
The first explosion took place around 8.10 a.m. when a suicide bomber riding a motorcycle targeted a bus carrying employees of the Mines and Petroleum Ministry, Kabul police spokesperson Firdaws Faramarz told Efe news.
The second bomb was detonated near the bus attack site, the Interior Ministry said in a statement.
The third attack took place when an explosives-laden vehicle was detonated in another part of the city, a mostly-residential area that also has several industrial factories.
The triple bombing in Kabul took place less than a week after nine people were killed and 33 injured in an attack on July 19, when a suicide bomber detonated his explosive-laden car near Defence Ministry facilities while being chased by the police.
