(23 Sep 2019) STORYLINE:
A suicide car bomber targeted the police headquarters in a minority Shiite neighborhood in western Kabul on August 7th 2019, setting off a huge explosion that killed 14 and injured another 145, Afghan officials said.
The Taliban claimed responsibility.
There was no immediate confirmation of any deaths in the attack, the second in the Afghan capital in as many days.
The car bomber detonated at a security checkpoint, according to police.
A military training school is located nearby.
The Taliban said they targeted a recruitment centre for security forces.
Public health ministry spokesman Wahidullah Mayar said the wounded, including women and children, were taken to local hospitals.
69 wounded victims were taken to Estiqlal Hospital said, hospital's director, Dr. Jawid.
The police headquarters has been targeted in the past, including an attack in 2017 that left more than 20 dead.
The Taliban, who have been staging near-daily attacks across the country, usually target Afghan forces and government officials or those seen as loyal to the government.
On August 6th, a bomb targeting a van carrying employees of the Interior Ministry's counter-narcotics division killed five people and wounded seven in Kabul.
The Islamic State group's affiliate in Afghanistan, which has also been behind several large-scale attacks in Kabul, frequently targets minority Shiites.
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Dozens of victims spent September 1st recovering in hospital following a bombing in the northern Afghan city of Kunduz as the Taliban continues negotiations with the United States on ending America's longest war.
At least 25 people were killed and 85 others were wounded when a suicide bomber detonated his explosives at the city's main intersection on August 31st.
The victims were taken to Kunduz regional city hospital, one of the many areas briefly captured by the Taliban during the day's attack.
On September 1st, Kunduz Regional City Hospital director Naeem Mangal said of the 85 wounded victims, 49 remain in hospital.
The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack which happened after US and Afghan officials visited the city.
Taliban militants, who have demanded that all foreign forces leave Afghanistan, now control or hold sway over roughly half of the country and are at their strongest since their 2001 defeat by a U.S.-led invasion.
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The death toll from a late-night Taliban suicide attack in the Afghan capital rose to 16 civilians on September 3rd, with 119 people wounded, an official said.
Angry Kabul residents climbed over the wall into the international compound on September 3rd, which has been targeted frequently, and set part of it on fire.
Thick smoke rose from the Green Village, home to several international organisations and guest houses and often a target of attacks - a peril to nearby local residents as well.
Nearby homes were shredded and the concrete blast wall, on the western side of the compound, had buckled.
A large crater was left in the street.
Afghan Interior Ministry spokesman Nasrat Rahimi said some 400 foreigners had been rescued after the suicide bomber targeted the compound late on Monday.
Five attackers were shot and killed by security forces after the bomber detonated a tractor packed with explosives, he said.
The attack occurred just hours after the US envoy briefed the Afghan government on an agreement "in principle" with the Taliban that would see 5,000 US troops withdraw from five bases in the country within 135 days of a final deal.
He said the attack was a response to raids by US and Afghan forces on civilians in other parts of the country.
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