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Suicide bomber strikes in Kabul Suicide bomber strikes in Kabul
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At least 10 people have died after a suicide bomber blew himself up outside the interior ministry in the Afghan capital, Kabul, police say.At least 10 people have died after a suicide bomber blew himself up outside the interior ministry in the Afghan capital, Kabul, police say.
More than 50 people injured in the blast had been taken to hospital, the police said. More than 54 people were injured in the blast and have been taken to hospital, the police said.
The attacker detonated explosives at a busy gate outside the ministry building as staff arrived at work, police said.The attacker detonated explosives at a busy gate outside the ministry building as staff arrived at work, police said.
It is the latest in a string of blasts in the highly secured capital this year. It is the latest in a number of explosions in Kabul this year, despite high security in the capital.
Casualties 'high'Casualties 'high'
"It was a suicide blast," the city's criminal investigation department chief, Alishah Paktiawal, told the French news agency AFP."It was a suicide blast," the city's criminal investigation department chief, Alishah Paktiawal, told the French news agency AFP.
"The casualties are high, both dead and wounded, but we don't know exact figures because the victims have been rushed to different hospitals," he said."The casualties are high, both dead and wounded, but we don't know exact figures because the victims have been rushed to different hospitals," he said.
Most of the victims were thought to be interior ministry employees and police officers, he added. The explosion took place shortly before 0800 local time (0330 GMT) on a narrow dirt road where interior ministry employees queue to pass through a security gate.
The explosion took place at about 0800 local time (0330 GMT) on a narrow dirt road which has security gate giving access to the ministry building on it. The BBC's Dan Isaacs at the scene says a man seen acting suspiciously was challenged by security officers, and blew up explosives as he tried to run away.
Eyewitnesses said the attacker detonated his device when he was challenged by security guards. Policeman Laal Agha told AFP he had seen the bodies of four of his colleagues killed in the explosion.
Several shops were damaged in the blast, witnesses said. And an interior ministry official who did not want to be named told the news agency he had pulled the bodies of three shopkeepers from shops destroyed in the blast.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the blast but attacks by Taleban militants have been increasing in recent weeks. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the bombing but attacks by Taleban militants have been increasing in recent weeks.
In the capital earlier this month a suicide bomber struck outside the compound housing the US embassy, killing at least 16 people, two of them American soldiers.In the capital earlier this month a suicide bomber struck outside the compound housing the US embassy, killing at least 16 people, two of them American soldiers.