A suicide bomber targeting Afghanistan’s minority Hazaras blew himself up at a police checkpoint in western Kabul on Friday, killing nine people and wounding 18, officials said. The bomber came as close to the gathering as he could and detonated his explosives at the checkpoint outside, the spokesman said. Ten local policemen were killed and nine were wounded in the ambus, provincial police spokesman Khali Aseir said. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid claimed responsibility for the assault late Thursday and the police slayings. He claimed the Taliban had inflicted a far higher number of casualties but the insurgents often exaggerate their claims.

Source: Egypt Independent March 09, 2018 09:45 UTC