Suicide bombing kills dozen of Afghan army recruits

At least 12 people were killed and dozens wounded on Monday when a suicide bomber attacked a bus carrying Afghan army recruits near Afghanistan’s eastern city of Jalalabad, officials have said.

 

 

At least 12 people were killed and dozens wounded on Monday when a suicide bomber attacked a bus carrying Afghan army recruits near Afghanistan’s eastern city of Jalalabad, officials have said.

“It was a single suicide blast that killed 12 army recruits and wounded 38 others,” Ataullah Khogyani, spokesman for Nangarhar province said.

Ahsanullah Shinwari, head of the Jalalabad hospital, said on Monday that all 12 bodies were brought to the hospital in the city, 125 kilometers from Kabul.

He added the rest of the 38 wounded were in critical condition.

The attacker was on a motorcycle when he rammed the bus, detonating explosives, according to Ahmad Ali Hazrat, chief of the Nangarhar provincial council.

Government workers and members of the security forces are often targeted by armed groups, including the Taliban, who are seeking to topple the government in Kabul, meanwhile there was no immediate claim of responsibility yet.