Death Toll In Kabul Bomb Blast Rises To 12 - Reports

Death Toll in Kabul Bomb Blast Rises to 12 - Reports

The number of people killed in a Tuesday explosion in the Afghan capital of Kabu increased from four to 12, local media reported.

MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 11th December, 2018) The number of people killed in a Tuesday explosion in the Afghan capital of Kabu increased from four to 12, local media reported.

Nine more people were injured, the 1TV broadcaster reported, citing the Afghan Interior Ministry.

The explosion occurred earlier in the day in the Paghman district, on the outskirts of Kabul. According to Afghan Interior Ministry spokesman Najib Danish, the attack targeted a car carrying Afghan servicemen.

Afghanistan has long been suffering from political, social and security-related instability due to simmering insurgency, including that of the Taliban movement and the Islamic State terrorist group (IS, outlawed in Russia).