AhlulBayt News Agency (ABNA): At least six people were killed and 16 more wounded in a suicide blast outside a military academy in the Afghan capital on Thursday, an official said.
The attack, which was claimed by the ISIS terrorist group, targeted students leaving the Marshal Fahim National Defense University in western Kabul.
Kabul police spokesman Firdaws Faramarz said the suicide bomber had been on foot. He blew himself up when a soldier challenged him near the entrance to the war college.
"In the blast, 16 people were wounded and six were martyred," Faramarz said.
The attacker "detonated himself before reaching his target", he added, without providing further details.
The attack happened around noon (0730 GMT), a time when students typically leave school early during the month of Ramadan.
The Afghan IS affiliate said it had carried out the attack and claimed to have killed "50 military trainees".
Police and security forces in and around Kabul have come under frequent attack in recent weeks, even as the US and the Taliban have held talks about a possible peace agreement.
The explosion was not believed to have affected operations at that centre, which lies behind multiple layers of tight security.
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source : AFP
Thursday
30 May 2019
1:19:28 PM
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At least six people were killed and 16 more wounded in a suicide blast outside a military academy in the Afghan capital on Thursday, an official said.