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| KABUL, Afghanistan — A suicide bombing near a police facility in Kabul left at least 10 people dead and 20 others wounded on Monday, Afghan officials said. | KABUL, Afghanistan — A suicide bombing near a police facility in Kabul left at least 10 people dead and 20 others wounded on Monday, Afghan officials said. |
| It was the latest in a series of such attacks that have rocked the Afghan capital in the past month. | It was the latest in a series of such attacks that have rocked the Afghan capital in the past month. |
| Gen. Mohammad Ayub Salangi, Afghanistan’s deputy interior minister, said on Twitter that the assault occurred in the afternoon near Deh Mazang Square, in the west of the city, where several police stations are. Witnesses said the bomber walked up to a line of visitors waiting for a security check near the gate of the National Civil Order Police and detonated his explosives. | |
| “The attack by one suicide bomber left 10 people martyred and 20 wounded,” General Salangi said. “Most of the martyred and the wounded were civilians.” | “The attack by one suicide bomber left 10 people martyred and 20 wounded,” General Salangi said. “Most of the martyred and the wounded were civilians.” |
| A Taliban spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid, claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement, saying the bomber targeted the center as a large group of police officers was leaving. | |
| Dozens of police officers cordoned off the sidewalk at the site of the bombing. But the main road, one of the busiest in Kabul, stayed open to traffic. Human remains were still visible even after firefighters had hosed down the area. | |
| “You see that tree? The branches are covered in flesh and blood,” said Ahmad Parwiz, who sells fried dough across the street from the National Civil Order Police. “There were a lot of visitors queued up to go inside when the explosion happened. Thank God we weren’t hurt on this side of the road.” | |
| The recent increase in urban attacks by the Taliban, in addition to a territory-gobbling offensive across the country, has coincided with international efforts to restart peace talks that stalled in July after it was revealed that the movement’s leader, Mullah Muhammad Omar, had died in 2013. | The recent increase in urban attacks by the Taliban, in addition to a territory-gobbling offensive across the country, has coincided with international efforts to restart peace talks that stalled in July after it was revealed that the movement’s leader, Mullah Muhammad Omar, had died in 2013. |
| Officials from Afghanistan, China, Pakistan and the United States are expected to meet for a third time soon to chart a road map for bringing the Taliban to the negotiating table. | Officials from Afghanistan, China, Pakistan and the United States are expected to meet for a third time soon to chart a road map for bringing the Taliban to the negotiating table. |