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The death toll from today’s Taliban double suicide bombing in the Afghan capital Kabul jumped to 24 with 91 wounded. The toll could rise further. The two bombers blew themselves up in rapid succession, in an attack apparently aimed at inflicting mass casualties as government workers left the Defence Ministry after work.
The first explosion occurred on a bridge near the Ministry. When soldiers, policemen and civilians rushed to the scene, there was the second explosion. President Ashraf Ghani strongly condemned the attack.Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said on Twitter that the Defence Ministry was the object of the first attack, while police were targeted in the second.