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| Taliban claim suicide bomb that killed at least 35 in Afghanistan | Taliban claim suicide bomb that killed at least 35 in Afghanistan |
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| The death toll in a suicide blast that hit the Afghan capital of Kabul has risen to 35, an interior ministry spokesperson has said. | |
| The car bomb detonated in a Shia neighbourhood in the west of the city during Monday rush hour, destroying a bus carrying mining industry employees on their way to work. | |
| At least 40 more people were injured in the explosion, officials said, and the death toll was likely to rise. | |
| The Taliban was quick to claim the attack, which it said killed 37 'intelligence officers'. | |
| The incident is the latest in a wave of militant violence to hit the city amid an insurgent offensive across the country, and occurred near the home of deputy government Chief Executive Mohammad Mohaqiq. | |
| It is not yet clear what the militant organisation's intended target was. | |
| Although the Taliban lost control of Afghanistan following the 2001 war, it has steadily regained ground since the majority of US and allied troops left in 2014, and is now in control of some 40 per cent of the country. | |
| The chaos has also allowed Isis to gain a foothold in Afghanistan's remote eastern provinces. | |
| Last month US President Donald Trump bowed to pressure to send 4,000 extra troops to the country to prevent the security situation from deteriorating further. | |
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