A suicide bomber has attacked a police convoy outside the Afghanistan capital Kabul today, killing at least 40 officers. Officials said, two bombs hit vehicles carrying cadets returning from a graduation ceremony on the city’s western outskirts.
Paghman District Governor, Haji Mohammad Musa Khan, said that many more have been injured. The bombing was claimed by the Taliban and follows an attack on a bus just over a week ago that killed 14 people. The dead included Nepali security guards working for the Canadian embassy.
The Prime Minister, Narendra Modi has condemned and expressed anguish over the terrorist attack near Kabul. “Anguished by the attack near Kabul. I condemn this mindless violence. My thoughts and prayers with the bereaved families and the injured”, the Prime Minister said.