Five dead in suicide bomb attack on Kabul’s diplomatic zone

31 October 2017, 5:58 pm

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A suicide bomber believed to be as young as 12 strikes Kabul’s heavily fortified diplomatic quarter killing at least five people.

It is the first attack targeting the Afghan capital’s “Green Zone” since a massive truck bomb ripped through the area on May 31, killing or wounding hundreds, and prompting authorities to strengthen protection.

The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the attack, which follows a spate of suicide assaults by Taliban and IS insurgents on security installations and mosques in recent weeks.

A Western security source tells AFP the attacker appeared to have been targeting workers leaving an Afghan defence ministry facility inside the heavily protected zone.

— AFP