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Afghanistan: Suicide bomb near Kabul airport | |
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Police in Afghanistan's capital say a suicide bomber has attacked a checkpoint near the entrance to Kabul's international airport. | Police in Afghanistan's capital say a suicide bomber has attacked a checkpoint near the entrance to Kabul's international airport. |
A health ministry spokesman said seven civilians were injured in the blast, which happened shortly after midday local time (07:30 GMT). | |
Security officials at the scene said the attack appeared to target a convoy of armoured cars. | |
The incident is the latest in a series of recent deadly attacks in Kabul. | |
Kabul police chief Sayed Gul Agha Rouhani told reporters that a suicide bomber had driven a vehicle into the first checkpoint on the road into the airport. | |
Images showed a large plume of smoke rising from the site of the blast and locals reported seeing ambulances approaching the scene. | |
It is unclear who is behind the bombing, but the Taliban said it carried out one of three deadly attacks on Friday that killed at least 50 people. | |
A Taliban suicide bomber blew himself up near the city's police academy on Friday evening, killing about 20 recruits. | |
A short while later, gunmen launched an attack on Camp Integrity, a Nato base that houses US special forces near the airport. | |
Eleven people, including a Nato soldier and eight contractors, were killed in the attack on the base. | |
Earlier on Friday, a truck carrying explosives was detonated near an army base in the Shah Shahid area of the capital, claiming 15 lives. |