Officials direct 17 killed, a hundred and ten wounded in Afghan car bombing

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A suicide car bomber killed no longer no longer up to 17 of us and wounded a hundred and ten in an attack Saturday within the Afghan capital Kabul, authorities acknowledged.

Nasrat Rahimi, deputy spokesperson for the Interior Ministry, acknowledged the attacker aged an ambulance to receive by one safety checkpoint by telling police he turned into as soon as taking a patient to a nearby effectively being facility. He detonated his explosives at a 2nd check level, Rahimi acknowledged.

The Well being Ministry acknowledged 17 had been killed and a hundred and ten wounded but the numbers may perchance perchance rise.

Zabihullah Mujahid, a Taliban spokesman, claimed responsibility for the attack, which despatched thick, dark smoke into the sky from the positioning of the explosion with regards to the govts primitive Interior Ministry constructing. Additionally nearby are the European Union and Indian consulates.

Kabul has been the positioning of various bombing assaults claimed by the Taliban and the Islamic Disclose group affiliate over the final year.