Khalid Zadran, spokesman of the Taliban administration’s Kabul Police Department, announced that there was an explosion near the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in his social media account.
WIDE SECURITY ATTENTION TO BE TAKEN
The Taliban forces closed the streets leading to the ministry to traffic and took extensive security measures in the surrounding area. On the other hand, it was stated that the street of the Emergency Hospital in the center of Kabul was closed to traffic and the injured were transferred. (AA)
STATEMENT FROM THE TALIBAN: SUICIDE BOMB TRIED TO ENTER FOREIGN OFFICE
On the other hand, a spokesperson for the Taliban made the following statement about the incident:
“20 people were killed and many injured in the suicide attack in Kabul. The suicide bomber planned to break into the Foreign Office but failed.”