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At least 20 people have been killed in a suicide bombing at Afghanistan's Supreme Court in Kabul, officials say.

The government said 41 people were injured, 10 of them critically. All of the casualties are civilians.

The bomber targeted the car park of the court compound as employees were leaving to go home, reports say.

There was no immediate claim for the attack, which follows a number of deadly bombings by the Taliban and other militants in recent months.

The attack came hours after a senior district official in western Farah province was killed in a bombing claimed by the Taliban.

'Unforgiveable act'

The attacker in Kabul was on foot and detonated a suicide vest, said Najib Danish, a spokesman for the interior ministry.

"My father and I were exiting through the parking lot when a huge blast hit us," a witness told the AFP news agency. "My father is dead now. How will I live without him?"

Image copyright AP Image caption The attack underscores the worsening security situation in Afghanistan

The force of the explosion is said to have shaken nearby buildings, breaking windows and sending debris flying into the streets.

President Ashraf Ghani called the bombing a "crime against humanity and an unforgiveable act".

In the past, Afghan judicial institutions, including the Supreme Court in Kabul, have been targeted by Taliban militants.

Last month twin bombings near the parliament in Kabul that were claimed by the Taliban killed more than 30 people and wounded many more.

The blasts took place during rush hour as staff were leaving the parliament complex.

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The latest attack highlights the worsening security situation in Afghanistan. The UN said on Monday that civilian casualties in the country have hit a new high, with 3,498 civilians killed in 2016.

The death toll marked a 3% rise on 2015, but included a ten-fold increase in casualties from attacks linked to militants from the so-called Islamic State (IS).

IS has carried out many recent attacks in Kabul, though the militant group has mostly targeted the country's Shia community.

The Afghan government controls no more than two-thirds of the country.

Most Nato troops left at the end of 2014 but some 13,000 foreign troops, more than half of them American, remain in training and advisory roles.</s>Know Your Value</s>At least 12 people died in a suicide bombing attack near the Supreme Court in PD9, Macroryan of Afghanistan's capital, Kabul, on Tuesday, according to Afghanistan government witnesses.

The bombing took place in the car park of the Supreme Court.</s>KABUL: A suicide bomber on foot ripped through a crowd of Afghan Supreme Court employees Tuesday, killing at least 20 people and wounding 41 others in the second attack on government institutions in under a month.

The assailant detonated the device in the parking lot as employees were boarding a bus to go home, leaving bodies and dismembered limbs scattered around the area, with women and children among the casualties.

No group has so far claimed responsibility for the blast in the snow-laden Afghan capital, but it occurred as the Taliban are ramping up their nationwide insurgency even in the peak winter months when fighting usually abates.

"My father and I were exiting through the parking lot when a huge blast hit us," said a witness, breaking down in tears. "My father is dead now. How will I live without him?"

The piercingly loud explosion shook nearby buildings, smashing windows and blasting debris onto the streets.

Police blocked off the road around the high-profile compound located near the US embassy as panicked relatives of court employees began to gather and ambulances and fire trucks rushed to the scene.

"Twenty people were killed (including 3 women & one child), and 41 others were injured in today´s suicide attack in #Kabul," health ministry official Wahidullah Mayar wrote on Twitter.

The ministry warned the toll could rise still further.

There were scenes of desperation at the Italian-run Emergency hospital in Kabul as anxious civilians looking for missing relatives searched through the ambulances that brought the dead and wounded.

Suicide bomber kills 20 at Afghanistan´s Supreme Court was posted in World of TheNews International - https://www.thenews.com.pk on February 07, 2017 and was last updated on February 07, 2017. This news story is related to Latest/184634-Suicide-bomber-kills-20-at-Afghanistans-Supreme-Court/ - breaking news, latest news, pakistan ne. Permanent link to the news story "Suicide bomber kills 20 at Afghanistan´s Supreme Court" is https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/184634-Suicide-bomber-kills-20-at-Afghanistans-Supreme-Court.</s>Police officers inspect the site of suicide attack at the Supreme Court in Kabul, Afghanistan on Tuesday. (Photo: AP)

Kabul: A suicide bomber on Tuesday targeted the Supreme Court building in the Afghan capital, Kabul, killing at least 19 people, officials said.

Ismail Kawasi, the public health ministry spokesman, said 41 people were also wounded in the explosion, which hit near a side door used for court employees to leave the building at the end of the work day.

Najib Danish, deputy spokesman for the Interior Ministry, said not all the victims have been identified yet but that an investigation was underway.

The attacker was on foot and detonated his suicide vest packed with explosive near the employees and other people as they were coming out of the main court building, Danish added.

No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack but Taliban insurgents have attacked the top court and its employees in the past, as well as court buildings in the other provinces.

The Kabul bombing came hours after a roadside bombing killed the top government official of a district in western Farah province. Taliban spokesman Qari Yusouf Ahmadi said the group claimed responsibility for that attack.

A Farah police spokesman, Iqbal Baher, said that Abdul Khaliq, the top official in the Khak-e-Safed district, was on his way home from the mosque when the explosion took place in the city of Farah, the provincial capital.

Taliban insurgents frequently use roadside bombs and suicide attacks to target government officials as well as Afghan security forces across the country.</s>KABUL, Afghanistan (CNN) – At least 20 people are dead after a suicide blast Tuesday outside Afghanistan’s Supreme Court in Kabul, police and other officials told CNN.

A suicide bomber detonated his explosives in a parking near the court in the Afghan capital, according to Basir Mojahid, spokesman for Kabul’s chief of police.

The attack at around 3:45 p.m. local time targeted Supreme Court employees as they were leaving for the day, Mojahid said.

At least 35 people were wounded in the blast, according to Saleem Rasooli, head of Kabul hospitals.

There have been no initial claims of responsibility.

An eyewitness told CNN that he felt the explosion shake the ground as he was leaving his office, opposite the Supreme Court.

Nimatullah Mati said the area is home to several residential apartments and was crowded Tuesday afternoon with people who were heading home from work.

Ambulances and firetrucks arrived on the scene within five minutes, Mati said.

The blast comes a month after at least 36 people were killed and dozens wounded in two suicide bombings near the Afghan Parliament in Kabul. The Taliban claimed responsibility for those January 10 attacks.

Tuesday’s blast underscores the growing concern about the security situation in Afghanistan, where the country’s security forces and its international allies have been fighting Taliban militants and other radical groups for years.

A new report Monday from the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan said more than 11,000 people were killed or injured in 2016. That’s the highest number of civilian casualties in a single year since the United Nations began systemically documenting those in 2009.

The report also shows a record spike in the number of children killed in the long-running Afghanistan War. Of the 3,498 killed last year, 923 were children, the report said. Anti-government forces, mainly the Taliban, were behind almost two-thirds of the casualties, according to the report.

ISIS militants have established a presence in the country, and their attacks particularly target Shia Muslims, the report said.</s>KABUL – A suicide bomber struck an entrance to Afghanistan‘s Supreme Court on Tuesday, killing at least 20 people in the latest in a series of attacks on the country’s judiciary.

The attacker was on foot, and targeted a side door as court employees and other people were exiting the building in downtown Kabul, the Interior Ministry said. Public Health Minister Ferozuddin Feroz said 41 people were wounded, including 10 in critical condition.

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No one immediately claimed the attack, which bore the hallmarks of the Taliban. The insurgents have been at war with the U.S.-backed government for 15 years and have increasingly targeted the judiciary since the execution of six convicted insurgents last May.

Shortly after the executions, a suicide bomber targeted a minibus carrying court employees in Kabul during the morning rush hour, killing 11 people in an attack claimed by the Taliban, which called it an act of revenge.

In June, three Taliban fighters stormed a court building in the eastern Logar province, killing seven people, including a newly appointed chief prosecutor, before being shot dead by police.

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani condemned the Supreme Court attack, which he blamed on the “enemies of our people.” The U.S. Embassy in Kabul called it “an attack on the very foundation of Afghan democracy and rule of law.”

Elsewhere in Afghanistan, a roadside bomb killed a top district official in the western Farah province as he returned home from a mosque, local police spokesman Iqbal Baher said. The Taliban claimed the attack.</s>FORT HOOD, TX - NOVEMBER 5: The soldiers memorial reads the date November 5, 2009 at a remembrance service recognizing the 13 victims killed in the Ft. Hood attacks on the one year anniversary in Killeen, Texas on November 5, 2010. Major Nidal Malik Hasan(Photo : (Photo by Ben Sklar/Getty Images))

The suicide bombing in Afghanistan has been killed 20 peoples and another 45 peoples are injured in Kabul. The Afghanistan official has confirmed the news.

According to ALJAZEERA, the bomb blast has wounded 41 peoples in Kabul. The suspected suicide bomber has targeted the Supreme Court Building in the Afghan capital. They hit near the side door used for court employees to leave at the end of the court work.

The deputy spokesman for the interior ministry Najib Danish said, the attacker was on foot and detonated his suicide vest packed with explosives near the employees and other peoples. The suspected suicide bomber was coming out of the main court building.

There was no immediate claim for the attack, which bore the hallmark of Taliban. As in recent months, a number of deadly bombings were carried out by Taliban and other militants.

The ABC NEWS has reported that the insurgents have been at war with the U.S-backed government for 15 years. That have been targeted the judiciary since the execution of six convicted insurgents in last May.

The armed group has repeatedly issued statements threatening to target employees at Afganistan's justice system. The report has suggested that they are not happy with the way they are working.

The news of Kabul bombing attack came after a roadside bombing that killed top governmental official in western Farah province. Qari Yusuf Ahmed, the Taliban spokesman said the group has claimed the responsibility for that attack.

The Afghan president Ashraf Ghani has condemned the Supreme Court attack by saying that they are the "enemies of our people". The Kabul US Embassy called the attack as "an attack on the very foundation of Afghan democracy and rule of law".

Meanwhile, the Taliban fighters for a long time have frequently used roadside bombs and suicide attacks in front of government office.</s>Kabul: At least 12 people were killed and dozens wounded on Tuesday when a suicide bomber detonated his explosives in the parking lot of the Afghanistan Supreme Court building in central Kabul, officials said.

A security official speaking on the condition of anonymity confirmed the casualties to Khaama Press.

It was not immediately clear who was responsible for the attack, but a similar incident in the same area last month that killed 22 people was claimed by the Taliban.

The building of the Supreme Court is located on a road leading to the United States embassy and Kabul airport.</s>At least 20 people are dead after an explosion Tuesday outside the Supreme Court in the Afghan capital, Kabul, sources told CNN.

At least 35 people were wounded in the blast, according to Saleem Rasooli, head of Kabul’s hospitals.

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A suicide bombing at the Supreme Court of Afghanistan in Kabul kills at least 20 people and injures 41 others, 10 of whom are in critical condition.