An Afghan man carries the debris of a damaged car at the site of an attack in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, May 31, 2019. At least four people were killed and three others injured, all of whom are civilians, as a car bomb rocked Afghan capital city Kabul on Friday, Interior Ministry spokesman Nasratullah Rahimi said. (Xinhua/Rahmat Alizadah)
KABUL, May 31 (Xinhua) -- At least four people were killed and three others injured, all of whom are civilians, as a car bomb rocked Afghan capital city Kabul on Friday, Interior Ministry spokesman Nasratullah Rahimi said.
According to Rahimi, the car bomb obviously targeted a convoy of foreign forces in Qala-e-Wazir area, a neighborhood in Police District 9 at 8:40 a.m. local time, on Kabul-Jalalabad road in the eastern edge of Kabul city.
He said investigation is under way and the figure of casualties may go up.
When asked about the possibilities of the foreign forces casualties, the official said no detail was available and he could not make a comment.
Taliban outfit has claimed responsibility for the bombing.
Zabihullah Majahid who claims to speak for the Taliban group, in contact with media claimed that the a Taliban suicide bomber detonated his explosive-laden car next to the U.S.-led foreign forces in Kabul on Friday morning, killing "10 occupying soldiers" on the spot and also destroying two vehicles of the foreign forces.
The NATO-led Resolute Support mission has yet to make comment.
