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| Afghan blasts: Twin Kabul explosions 'kill 24 people' | Afghan blasts: Twin Kabul explosions 'kill 24 people' |
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| Twin bomb blasts in the Afghan capital Kabul have killed at least 24 people and injured 91 others near the defence ministry, officials say. | Twin bomb blasts in the Afghan capital Kabul have killed at least 24 people and injured 91 others near the defence ministry, officials say. |
| The first bomb was detonated remotely while the second was triggered by a suicide bomber, local media reported. | The first bomb was detonated remotely while the second was triggered by a suicide bomber, local media reported. |
| An army general and two senior police officers are among the dead, a ministry of defence spokesperson told the BBC. | An army general and two senior police officers are among the dead, a ministry of defence spokesperson told the BBC. |
| The Taliban, who have carried out frequent attacks in Kabul, claimed the blasts. | The Taliban, who have carried out frequent attacks in Kabul, claimed the blasts. |
| Deputy defence ministry spokesman Mohammad Radmanish told the AP news agency that the suicide attacker struck as security forces gathered near the ministry to deal with the first blast. | Deputy defence ministry spokesman Mohammad Radmanish told the AP news agency that the suicide attacker struck as security forces gathered near the ministry to deal with the first blast. |
| He said civilians, police and soldiers were all killed as ministry employees were leaving work at rush hour. | |
| President Ashraf Ghani condemned the attack saying it had been carried out by "the enemies of Afghanistan who have lost their ability to fight the security and defence forces". | President Ashraf Ghani condemned the attack saying it had been carried out by "the enemies of Afghanistan who have lost their ability to fight the security and defence forces". |
| He said that "the aim of the terrorists is to spread fear". | |
| An Italian-run emergency hospital in Kabul tweeted that it was treating 21 injured people, four of whom died on arrival. | |
| The attack comes 11 days after 13 people, including seven students, died in an attack by gunmen on the American University in Kabul. |