The blast comes a week after Islamic State claimed an attack on a training facility of the same agency, the National Directorate for Security, in Kabul that ended when the attackers were killed before causing significant casualties. Three killed in suicide blast near Kabul cricket stadiumThe attacker struck at a time when workers were arriving at their offices. It comes a week after militants stormed a National Directorate of Security (NDS) training center in the Afghan capital. Interior ministry spokesperson Najib Danish told AFP six civilians in a car were killed when the attacker detonated himself. An AFP reporter at the blast site said the attack happened outside the main entrance to an NDS compound.

Source: The Express Tribune December 25, 2017 05:48 UTC