Six civilians killed in Afghanistan suicide bomb attack, second blast in 3 months
Monday's blast was the second attack near the foreign ministry in Kabul in less than three months, and the first since the Muslim holy month of Ramadan began on Thursday in Afghanistan. Taliban fighters stand guard at the explosion site. KABUL: A suicide attack on Monday near Afghanistan's foreign ministry killed six civilians and wounded several others, the interior ministry said. Security has dramatically improved since the Taliban stormed back to power in August 2021, ousting the US-backed government and ending their two-decade insurgency, but the Islamic State group has proved an increasing threat. The attacker was identified by Afghan forces who shot at him in front of a business centre near the foreign ministry, interior ministry spokesman Abdul Nafy Takor tweeted. "With his killing, the explosives carried by the attacker also exploded which killed six civilians and wounded a number of others," he said. Italian NGO Emergency, which operates a hospital in the ...