KABUL -- At least 21 people were killed in Monday's bombing near the residence of Mohammad Mohaqiq, the deputy to Afghan Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah, on the western side of Kabul, Abdul Wahab Azizi, Mohaqiq's chief of staff, told dpa. Azizi said the number of injured was unknown, but a mini-bus carrying passengers was totally destroyed in the blast. An Afghan Public Health Ministry spokesman, however, said Kabul ambulances had so far transported nine dead and 12 wounded to hospitals across town. This page will be updated as more news comes in.

Source: The China Post July 24, 2017 04:52 UTC