KABUL: A suicide bomber blew himself up at a bank close to the heavily protected US embassy in the Afghan capital Kabul on Tuesday (Aug 29), killing at least five people and wounding eight, the interior ministry said. The explosion was carried out by a suicide attacker.The Taliban terrorist group has claimed responsibility for the recent Kabul explosion that took place close to the US embassy, local media reported.The blast hit a Kabul Bank branch not far from the heavily fortified US embassy building, the Reuters news agency reported.The explosion occurred a few days after the Shiite mosque attack . Danish said at least four people had been killed and three wounded while the public health ministry said separately that one dead and eight wounded had been brought to city hospitals.
A suicide bomber kills five people at the entrance of a Kabul Bank subsidiary near the Embassy of the United States in Kabul. The Taliban claims their attack targeted soldiers and police withdrawing their salaries.